TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics for all participants and for consistent vs inconsistent users. Continuous variables are shown by their means (standard deviations) and categorical variables are shown by proportion.
| Characteristic | All participants | Consistent users | Inconsistent/non-users | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=299) | (n=181) | (n=118) | ||
| Demographics | ||||
| Age | 73.8 (6.7) | 74.8 (6.6) | 72.5 (6.6) | 0.004 |
| Female sex | 51.2% | 52.8% | 50.9% | 0.74 |
| White race | 96.1% | 97.1% | 94.7% | 0.38 |
| Fall Characteristics | ||||
| *Any fall | 26.4% | 19.3% | 37.3% | <0.001 |
| *Fall-risk | 31.3% | 24.0% | 42.4% | <0.001 |
| Hearing Characteristics | ||||
| *Any HA use | 68.8% | – | – | – |
| *Consistent HA use | 60.5% | – | – | – |
| Hearing loss severity (dB) | 35.9 (15.3) | 40.7 (15.4) | 28.7 (11.7) | <0.001 |
| Hearing loss asymmetry (dB) | 6.6 (11.8) | 7.1 (11.6) | 5.8 (12.1) | 0.39 |
| *Hearing loss duration (years) | 12.2 (14.0) | 14.7 (15.0) | 8.0 (11.1) | <0.001 |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| ARS score | 1.1 (1.7) | 1.1 (1.7) | 1.2 (1.7) | 0.40 |
| Diabetes | 15.8% | 14.8% | 17.3% | 0.58 |
| Stroke | 4.7% | 7.1% | 0.9% | 0.02 |
| Cognitive decline | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.8% | 0.58 |
| Previous falls | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.7% | 0.74 |
| *Positional dizziness | 11.8 | 11.0% | 12.9% | 0.62 |
*
indicates any characteristic collected by participant self-report. P-values are for Welch’s t-tests (continuous variables) and chi-squared tests (categorical variables) between consistent and inconsistent/non users, significant p-values are in bold. ARS=Anticholinergic Risk Scale, dB=decibel, HA=hearing aid.