Assessment of sensory impairment in older adults with dementia

作     者：Nikol Gottfriedová Martina Kovalová Eva Mrázková Ondrej Machaczka Veronika Koutná Vladimír Janout Jana Janoutová Nikol Gottfriedová;Martina Kovalová;Eva Mrázková;Ondřej Machaczka;Veronika Koutná;Vladimír Janout;Jana Janoutová

作者机构：Department of Epidemiology and Public HealthFaculty of MedicineUniversity of OstravaCzech Republic Department of Healthcare Management and Public HealthFaculty of Health SciencesPalackýUniversity OlomoucCzech Republic Center for Research and ScienceFaculty of Health SciencesPalackýUniversity OlomoucCzech Republic Department of Public HealthFaculty of Medicine and DentistryPalackýUniversity OlomoucCzech Republic 

出 版 物：《Journal of Otology》 (中华耳科学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第19卷第4期

页      面：220-226页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100203[医学-老年医学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by Czech Ministry of Health project NU20-09-00119 

主　　题：Dementia Cognitive impairment Sensory impairment Hearing loss Olfactory loss Color vision 

摘      要：Background:Over 55 million people worldwide are living with *** rate of cognitive decline increases with age,and loss of senses may be a contributing ***:This study aimed to analyze hearing,olfactory function,and color vision in patients with *** and methods:The sample comprised 40 patients with dementia and 37 cognitively normal controls aged 41–85 *** participants underwent conventional pure-tone audiometry and a screening version of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults,the Odorized Markers Test of olfactory function and the Ishihara color vision *** effects of comorbidities and lifestyle factors were also ***:Patients with dementia had significantly worse hearing at almost all frequencies tested and significantly greater olfactory impairment than cognitively normal *** vision impairment was found in less than 8%of the sample,with no significant difference between the *** of two senses(hearing and olfaction)was significantly more common in patients with dementia than in ***:Individuals with dementia were found to have sensory decline,namely hearing and olfactory *** vision was rarely impaired in the *** with dementia tended to have more multisensory impairments than controls.