Third-Party Impact of Dual Sensory Loss on Neuropsychiatric Symptom-Related Distress among Friends and Family

Gerontology
Kim M KielyKaarin J Anstey

Abstract

Vision loss and hearing loss are common in later life and are associated with cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric symptoms. There is a need to better understand how individual characteristics, such as poor sensory functioning, are linked with familial well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate whether, among persons with neuropsychiatric symptoms, age-related sensory loss is related to increased emotional distress reported by their family and friends. The sample comprised 537 participant-informant dyads from the Personality and Total Health through Life (PATH) study, a community-based cohort. Participants were aged between 72 and 79 years (56% men), and all were reported to exhibit at least 1 neuropsychiatric symptom. Informants were participants' spouse (50%), child (35%), friend (7%), or other relatives (7%). Neuropsychiatric symptom-related distress of friends and family was assessed with the distress subscale of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Sensory functioning in participants was assessed by visual acuity and self-reported hearing difficulties. Ordinal logistic regression analyses estimated the association between sensory problems and NPI distress. In models adjusted for informant dyadic relationshi...Continue Reading

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