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- Title
Hearing loss and risk of early retirement. The HUNT study.
- Authors
Helvik, Anne-Sofie; Krokstad, Steinar; Tambs, Kristian
- Abstract
Background: We explore the possible consequences of measured hearing impairment (HI) and perceived hearing difficulties for early retirement in a large population-based study. Furthermore, we study whether having a part-time position was associated with measured HI and perceived hearing difficulties in the same population. Methods: This study included 25 740 persons from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) aged 20–54 years at baseline in HUNT1 (1984–1986) who also participated in the follow up, HUNT2, including a hearing examination 11 years later. Logistic regression analysis was conducted for men and women separately and in two age strata. Effects of low-, middle- and high-frequency hearing levels were explored, adjusting for each other. Further adjustment was made for socio-economic class and general health in HUNT1. Results: The risk of early retirement increased with degree of loss of low-frequency hearing in young and middle-aged men and middle-aged women. The middle-aged men and women experiencing hearing disability had an increased risk of early retirement. Degree of hearing level was not associated with part-time work, but in middle-aged men, awareness of having a hearing loss was associated with part-time employment. Conclusions: Degree of low-frequency hearing loss was associated with early retirement but not with part-time work. Perceived hearing disability increased the risk of early retirement in middle-aged men and women and also the risk of part-time work in middle-aged men.
- Subjects
NORWAY; HEARING disorders; PART-time employment; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; RETIREMENT; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
European Journal of Public Health, 2013, Vol 23, Issue 4, p617
- ISSN
1101-1262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurpub/cks118