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. 2022 Mar 16;22:216. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02895-x

Table 2.

Crosstab between sensory impairment and use of aids

n (%) Visual aids P-value
 Visual Impairmenta  Yes  No  < 0.001
  Yes   55 (2.5)   333 (14.9)
  No   558 (25.0)   1,287 (57.6)
n (%) Hearing aids
 Hearing Impairmentb  Present and used  Present and not used regularly  No/not using  < 0.001
  Yes   43 (1.9)   51 (2.3)   787 (35.2)
  No   5 (0.2)   5 (0.2)   1,342 (60.1)

aVisual impairment was measured by a 5−point scale from MDS−RAI 2.0, with a score of 0–1 indicating no visual impairment

bHearing impairment was measured by a 4−point scale from MDS−RAI2.0, with a score of 0 indicating no hearing impairment