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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEARING AND FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS AT BASELINE IN THE CANADIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING

dc.contributor.authorAmiri, Armita
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Physiotherapy (Rehabilitation Research)en_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDR. CHERYL KOZEYen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDR. JIAN WANGen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDR. LYNN SHAWen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDR. OLGA THEOUen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDR. MARIE EARLen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-31T15:04:13Z
dc.date.available2021-08-31T15:04:13Z
dc.date.defence2021-08-24
dc.date.issued2021-08-31T15:04:13Z
dc.description.abstractMobility problems, prevalent among older adults, are influenced by numerous factors that are interrelated. The primary purpose was to examine the relationship between hearing, measured by Pure-Tone Audiometry, and mobility, measured by Timed-Up-and-Go test, in Canadians 65–85 years of age, using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive baseline dataset. The secondary purpose was to examine the association between mobility and hearing further in the context of other explanatory variables. Various levels of impairment in hearing and mobility were observed across the sample. According to the results of the hierarchical multiple linear regression, controlling for age and sex, hearing threshold explained 0.5% (p<.05) of the variation in mobility. A unique contribution of hearing threshold persisted when vision, executive function, life-space mobility, and frailty were added to the model; the total variance explained was 19.2%. This study informs future experimental work concerning the association between hearing and mobility.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/80773
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMobilityen_US
dc.subjectHearing lossen_US
dc.subjectAgingen_US
dc.subjectLifestyleen_US
dc.subjectFrailtyen_US
dc.subjectLife Space Mobilityen_US
dc.subjectVisionen_US
dc.subjectCognitionen_US
dc.titleTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEARING AND FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS AT BASELINE IN THE CANADIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGINGen_US

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