Preventive Home Visit (PHV) Screening of Hearing and Vision Among Older Adults in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands: A Feasibility Study in a Small-Scale Community
PURPOSE: Hearing and vision loss are common in later life but often overlooked and undertreated. The study aims to examine hearing and vision as part of preventive home visits (PHV) among 76-year-old home-dwelling citizens in Tórshavn, the capital of Faroe Islands. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this cros...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8257060 2023-05-15T16:10:36+02:00 Preventive Home Visit (PHV) Screening of Hearing and Vision Among Older Adults in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands: A Feasibility Study in a Small-Scale Community Haanes, Gro Gade Roin, Ása Petersen, Maria Skaalum 2021-07-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8257060/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234456 https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S298374 en eng Dove http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8257060/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234456 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S298374 © 2021 Haanes et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). CC-BY-NC J Multidiscip Healthc Original Research Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S298374 2021-07-11T00:37:24Z PURPOSE: Hearing and vision loss are common in later life but often overlooked and undertreated. The study aims to examine hearing and vision as part of preventive home visits (PHV) among 76-year-old home-dwelling citizens in Tórshavn, the capital of Faroe Islands. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, three specially trained nurses conducted the examinations and tests, for this purpose, in the community health-centre. RESULTS: A total of 74 individuals participated (56% participation rate) of whom 77% had some degree of hearing impairment, 89% had visual impairment and 22% had dual sensory loss. A significant correlation between self-reported hearing ability and clinical findings was found, whereas self-reported vision did not correlate significantly with test-results. CONCLUSION: Results indicate that implementing clinical assessments of hearing and vision as part of preventive home visits would benefit people receiving visits, and society by helping maintain the conditions that allow them to stay in their own homes for as long as possible. Text Faroe Islands PubMed Central (PMC) Faroe Islands Tórshavn ENVELOPE(-6.772,-6.772,62.010,62.010) Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Volume 14 1691 1699 |
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PURPOSE: Hearing and vision loss are common in later life but often overlooked and undertreated. The study aims to examine hearing and vision as part of preventive home visits (PHV) among 76-year-old home-dwelling citizens in Tórshavn, the capital of Faroe Islands. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, three specially trained nurses conducted the examinations and tests, for this purpose, in the community health-centre. RESULTS: A total of 74 individuals participated (56% participation rate) of whom 77% had some degree of hearing impairment, 89% had visual impairment and 22% had dual sensory loss. A significant correlation between self-reported hearing ability and clinical findings was found, whereas self-reported vision did not correlate significantly with test-results. CONCLUSION: Results indicate that implementing clinical assessments of hearing and vision as part of preventive home visits would benefit people receiving visits, and society by helping maintain the conditions that allow them to stay in their own homes for as long as possible. |
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Preventive Home Visit (PHV) Screening of Hearing and Vision Among Older Adults in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands: A Feasibility Study in a Small-Scale Community |
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Preventive Home Visit (PHV) Screening of Hearing and Vision Among Older Adults in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands: A Feasibility Study in a Small-Scale Community |
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