Discrepancy between self-assessments and standardised tests of vision and hearing abilities in older people living at home: an ROC curve analysis

Journal of Clinical Nursing
Gro Gade HaanesGrethe Eilertsen

Abstract

To determine whether there is consistency between self-assessments and standardised tests of vision and hearing abilities in older people. Home-based detection of vision and hearing impairments in older people are generally based on self-assessments of vision and hearing abilities. Cross-sectional descriptive study. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to compare self-assessments of vision and hearing abilities with a gold-standard test. The vision and hearing abilities of 93 people aged ≥80 years in the home-care setting were screened with a LogMAR chart, a pure-tone audiometer, and a self-assessment screen. Comparison of findings using the cut-off points on the self-assessment scale with those of the gold-standard tests yielded 40 false negatives for vision and 18 false negatives for hearing, indicating that a significant proportion of older people report their vision and hearing abilities as being good when standardised tests indicate that they are not. Alternative cut-off points on the self-assessment scale were tested, but no cut-off point was found to provide a sound basis for identifying vision and hearing impairments. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for self-assessment of vision...Continue Reading

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