The association of hearing impairment and its severity with physical and mental health among Chinese middle-aged and older adults

Table 2 Descriptive Characteristics of Study Participants from Hearing Survey 2019 (N = 376)

Characteristic	All		Moderate Hearing Impairment		Severe Hearing Impairment		Profound Hearing Impairment		p Value
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p Value
N	376	100.00	114	30.32	144	38.30	118	31.38
Age (S.D.)	68.31(0.53)		68.68 (0.97)		69.50 (0.85)		66.52 (0.92)		0.057
Gender									0.644
Male	264	70.21	82	71.93	103	71.53	79	66.95
Female	112	29.79	32	28.07	41	28.47	39	33.05
Education									0.108
Illiterate	175	46.54	52	45.61	66	45.83	57	48.30
Primary School	127	33.78	31	27.19	56	38.89	40	33.90
Middle School and above	74	19.68	31	27.19	22	15.28	21	17.80
Residency									0.895
Urban	29	7.71	9	7.89	10	6.94	10	8.47
Rural	347	92.29	105	92.11	134	93.06	108	91.53
Marriage									0.240
Married	291	77.39	94	82.46	106	73.61	91	77.12
Alone	85	22.61	20	17.54	38	26.39	27	22.88
Chronic Diseases									0.875
0	109	28.99	35	30.70	40	27.78	34	28.81
≥ 1	267	71.01	79	69.30	104	72.22	84	71.19
ADLs									0.053
No-impaired	290	77.13	97	85.09	106	73.61	87	73.73
Impaired	86	22.87	17	14.91	38	26.39	31	26.27
IADLs									0.003
No-impaired	121	32.18	49	42.98	46	31.94	26	22.03
Impaired	255	67.82	65	57.02	98	68.06	92	77.97
Depressive Symptoms									0.001
No	222	59.04	79	69.30	89	61.81	54	45.76
Yes	154	40.96	35	30.70	55	38.19	64	54.24

ADLs Activities of daily living, IADLs Instrumental activities of daily living

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