XXXX and sleep in elderly subjects with hearing complaints.

@entity1 @entity25
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of hearing complaints to @entity25 and sleep in a group of elderly @entity1 and @entity1 . A questionnaire survey was undertaken among 10,216 elderly subjects in northern Sweden. The mean (+/- S.D.) ages of the @entity1 and @entity1 were 73.0 +/- 6.0 and 72.6 +/- 6.7 years, respectively. Poor hearing was reported by 43.1% of the @entity1 and 22.8% of the @entity1 . The relative numbers with hearing complaints increased with age. @entity25 ( @entity25 ) was reported by 32.9% of the @entity1 and 23.2% of the @entity1 . In a multiple logistic regression analysis significant independent correlates of @entity25 in @entity1 were: hearing, good versus poor (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; confidence interval [CI] 1.2-1.8), health, good versus poor (3.3; 2.6-4.4), sleep, good versus poor (2.1; 1.6-2.8) and age, > or =80 years versus < 70 years (1.5; 1.1-2.1). The corresponding correlates in @entity1 were: hearing (1.4; 1.1-1.8), health (4.3; 3.4-5.4), sleep (2.2; 1.6-2.8) and age (1.6; 1.3-2.2). Thus, poor hearing was associated with increased @entity25 independently of health, sleep status and age. Also subjects with hearing complaints more often slept poorly, woke up more often and had more difficulty in falling asleep after waking.
