OBJECTIVES: To explore the associations between self-reported @entity393 and physical performance and self-reported difficulties in mobility and activities of daily living (ADLs) in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort study. SETTING: Community. @entity1 : @entity1 and @entity1 aged 75 to 90 (N  =  848). MEASUREMENTS: Structured face-to-face interviews to assess perceived @entity393 in the presence of noise, mobility difficulties (moving indoors, stair-climbing, 0.5-km walk, 2-km walk), and difficulties in ADLs and instrumental ADLs. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) was administered. Age; years of education; cognitive functioning; and self-reported cardiac, circulatory, and @entity717 were used as covariates. RESULTS: @entity1 who reported major @entity393 had a lower SPPB total score than those who reported good hearing (mean 9.8 vs 10.9, P  =  .009), indicating poorer performance, and more difficulties in ADLs (mean 1.8 vs 1.4, P  =  .002) and IADLs (mean 4.6 vs 3.4, P  =  .002), after controlling for covariates. They were also more likely to have more difficulty in stair-climbing (odds ratio (OR)  =  2.8, P  <  .001) and walking 2  km (OR  =  2.1, P  =  .003) and tended to have more difficulty in walking 0.5  km (OR  =  1.7, P  =  .05) but not moving indoors (P  =  .18). @entity1 who reported only some @entity393 did not differ from those who reported good hearing in any of the variables studied. CONCLUSION: Perceived major @entity393 in older adults may contribute to poorer lower limb performance and difficulties in mobility and ADLs. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine whether poor hearing is a risk factor for decline in physical performance.

Self-Reported Hearing Status Is Associated with Lower Limb Physical Performance, Perceived Mobility, and Activities of Daily Living in Older Community-Dwelling @entity1 and XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Persons', 'women', 'Men', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity717 :: ('MESH:D009069', 'Disease') :: ['locomotor diseases'] @entity393 :: ('MESH:D034381', 'Disease') :: ['hearing problems']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Women']
