The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Tinnitus and Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Data From the LOST in Lombardia Study.
COVID-19
cross-sectional study
hearing loss
older adults
tinnitus
Journal
Frontiers in neurology
ISSN: 1664-2295
Titre abrégé: Front Neurol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101546899
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
17
01
2022
accepted:
07
02
2022
entrez:
25
3
2022
pubmed:
26
3
2022
medline:
26
3
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Although a direct relationship between tinnitus or hearing difficulties and COVID-19 has been suggested, current literature provides inconsistent results, and no research has been undertaken in older adults. In November 2020, we conducted the LOST in Lombardia survey, a telephone-based cross-sectional study on a sample of 4,400 individuals representative of the general population aged ≥65 years from Lombardy region, Northern Italy. Individuals with diagnosed tinnitus and/or hearing loss were asked whether their conditions had improved or deteriorated in 2020 compared to 2019. Overall, 8.1% of older adults reported a diagnosis of tinnitus and 10.5% of hearing loss. In 2020 compared to 2019, among individuals with tinnitus, those with increasing severity (5.0%) were similar to those decreasing it (5.3%). Among individuals with hearing loss, more people reported an increase (13.6%) than a decrease (3.2%) in their disease severity. No individual with a diagnosis in 2020 of tinnitus ( In this large representative sample of older adults, on average neither COVID-19 confinement nor SARS-CoV-2 infection appeared to increase the severity or incidence of tinnitus. The increased severity of hearing difficulties may totally or partially be explained by physiologic deterioration of the condition, or by a misperception due to the use of face-masks.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Although a direct relationship between tinnitus or hearing difficulties and COVID-19 has been suggested, current literature provides inconsistent results, and no research has been undertaken in older adults.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
In November 2020, we conducted the LOST in Lombardia survey, a telephone-based cross-sectional study on a sample of 4,400 individuals representative of the general population aged ≥65 years from Lombardy region, Northern Italy. Individuals with diagnosed tinnitus and/or hearing loss were asked whether their conditions had improved or deteriorated in 2020 compared to 2019.
Results
UNASSIGNED
Overall, 8.1% of older adults reported a diagnosis of tinnitus and 10.5% of hearing loss. In 2020 compared to 2019, among individuals with tinnitus, those with increasing severity (5.0%) were similar to those decreasing it (5.3%). Among individuals with hearing loss, more people reported an increase (13.6%) than a decrease (3.2%) in their disease severity. No individual with a diagnosis in 2020 of tinnitus (
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
In this large representative sample of older adults, on average neither COVID-19 confinement nor SARS-CoV-2 infection appeared to increase the severity or incidence of tinnitus. The increased severity of hearing difficulties may totally or partially be explained by physiologic deterioration of the condition, or by a misperception due to the use of face-masks.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35330807
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.838291
pmc: PMC8940241
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
838291Investigateurs
Silvano Gallus
(S)
Cristina Bosetti
(C)
Carlotta Micaela Jarach
(CM)
Alessandra Lugo
(A)
Chiara Stival
(C)
Gianluca Serafini
(G)
Andrea Amerio
(A)
Mario Amore
(M)
David Stuckler
(D)
Roberto De Sena
(R)
Simone Ghislandi
(S)
Yuxi Wang
(Y)
Licia Iacoviello
(L)
Marialaura Bonaccio
(M)
Francesco Gianfagna
(F)
Anna Odone
(A)
Carlo Signorelli
(C)
Giansanto Mosconi
(G)
Giacomo Vigezzi
(G)
Luca Cavalieri d'Oro
(L)
Magda Rognoni
(M)
Luca Paroni
(L)
Alberto Zucchi
(A)
Roberta Ciampichini
(R)
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Jarach, Lugo, Stival, Bosetti, Amerio, Cavalieri d'Oro, Iacoviello, Odone, Stuckler, Zucchi, van den Brandt, Garavello, Cederroth, Schlee, Gallus and the LOST in Lombardia Study Investigators.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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