TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of a Hearing Intervention on the Levels of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and T.V. Viewing in Older Adults
T2 - Results from a Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Study
AU - ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group
AU - Martinez-Amezcua, Pablo
AU - Zhang, Wuyang
AU - Assi, Sahar
AU - Gupta, Heramb
AU - Twardzik, Erica
AU - Huang, Alison R.
AU - Reed, Nicholas S.
AU - Deal, Jennifer A.
AU - Arnold, Michelle L.
AU - Burgard, Sheila
AU - Chisolm, Theresa
AU - Couper, David
AU - Glynn, Nancy W.
AU - Gmelin, Theresa
AU - Goman, Adele M.
AU - Gravens-Mueller, Lisa
AU - Hayden, Kathleen M.
AU - Mitchell, Christine M.
AU - Pankow, James S.
AU - Pike, James Russell
AU - Schrack, Jennifer A.
AU - Sanchez, Victoria A.
AU - Sullivan, Kevin J.
AU - Lin, Frank R.
AU - Coresh, Josef
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2025/6/1
Y1 - 2025/6/1
N2 - Background: Age-related hearing loss is common among older adults and may influence physical activity and sedentary behaviors, such as TV viewing. This study examined whether a hearing intervention could affect these behaviors over 3 years. Methods: A total of 977 participants (mean age of 76.8, 53.5% female, 11.5% Black), recruited from the ARIC study (n = 238) and de novo (n = 739) with hearing loss (pure-tone average = 39.4 dB), were randomized to a hearing intervention or a health education control group. Physical activity, leisurely walking, and TV viewing were interrogated at baseline and 3-year follow-up. We used regression models adjusted for demographic and hearing loss severity to examine the impact of the intervention on the change in the frequency of engaging in these activities. Results: At baseline, 57.6% of participants engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), 29.1% in high-frequency leisurely walking, and 46.8% in high-frequency TV viewing. Over 3 years, MVPA decreased to 48.8%, whereas leisurely walking and TV viewing increased. After 3 years, the hearing intervention group had similar odds of engaging in MVPA (ratio of odds ratios [ROR] = 1.03, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93-1.14), leisurely walking (ROR = 1.04, 95% CI, 0.93-1.17), and TV viewing (ROR = 0.95, 95% CI, 0.87-1.02) compared with the control group. Results were consistent across recruitment sources (ARIC and de novo). Conclusion: A hearing intervention did not significantly influence physical activity, walking, or TV viewing behaviors in older adults over 3 years. Additional strategies may be needed to change physical and sedentary behaviors in this population.
AB - Background: Age-related hearing loss is common among older adults and may influence physical activity and sedentary behaviors, such as TV viewing. This study examined whether a hearing intervention could affect these behaviors over 3 years. Methods: A total of 977 participants (mean age of 76.8, 53.5% female, 11.5% Black), recruited from the ARIC study (n = 238) and de novo (n = 739) with hearing loss (pure-tone average = 39.4 dB), were randomized to a hearing intervention or a health education control group. Physical activity, leisurely walking, and TV viewing were interrogated at baseline and 3-year follow-up. We used regression models adjusted for demographic and hearing loss severity to examine the impact of the intervention on the change in the frequency of engaging in these activities. Results: At baseline, 57.6% of participants engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), 29.1% in high-frequency leisurely walking, and 46.8% in high-frequency TV viewing. Over 3 years, MVPA decreased to 48.8%, whereas leisurely walking and TV viewing increased. After 3 years, the hearing intervention group had similar odds of engaging in MVPA (ratio of odds ratios [ROR] = 1.03, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93-1.14), leisurely walking (ROR = 1.04, 95% CI, 0.93-1.17), and TV viewing (ROR = 0.95, 95% CI, 0.87-1.02) compared with the control group. Results were consistent across recruitment sources (ARIC and de novo). Conclusion: A hearing intervention did not significantly influence physical activity, walking, or TV viewing behaviors in older adults over 3 years. Additional strategies may be needed to change physical and sedentary behaviors in this population.
KW - Hearing aids
KW - Hearing intervention
KW - Physical activity
KW - Sedentarism
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105004797722
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U2 - 10.1093/gerona/glaf033
DO - 10.1093/gerona/glaf033
M3 - Article
C2 - 39953975
AN - SCOPUS:105004797722
SN - 1079-5006
VL - 80
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
IS - 6
M1 - glaf033
ER -