Analysis and characterization of an elderly population with hearing loss and dizziness complaint
The objective of this study was to analyze and characterize the clinical and sociodemographic relations of a population of elderly people with hearing loss with dizziness reference. A cross-sectional study of 150 elderly with hearing loss without sound amplification in the Unified Health System. The...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Kairós (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/44810 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/44810 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ancianos Pérdida de audición Mareos. Elderly Hearing Loss Dizziness. Idoso Perda auditiva Tontura. |
| Sumario: | The objective of this study was to analyze and characterize the clinical and sociodemographic relations of a population of elderly people with hearing loss with dizziness reference. A cross-sectional study of 150 elderly with hearing loss without sound amplification in the Unified Health System. They answered a questionnaire about sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, self-reference questions of hearing and dizziness, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and Scale of confidence in the Activity-Specific Equilibrium (ABC). It was possible to verify that there are specific characteristics about dizziness that influence the prevention of falls in the elderly with hearing loss. |
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