Hearing impairment, psychological distress, and incident heart failure: a prospective cohort study
Poor hearing ability is associated with an increased risk of incident HF, with psychological distress playing a notable mediating role. These findings suggest that hearing health and psychological well-being should be considered in cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention strategies.
Authors
- Xiaoqin Gan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1906-666X)
- Xianhui Qin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-7982)
- Yiting Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-9497)
- Ziliang Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8626-4925)
- Sisi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2696-9107)
- Yuanyuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5708-9718)
- Yiwei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9611-9337)
- Yanjun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9597-2050)
- Hao Xiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-0115)
- Yu Huang
Institutions
- Southern Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325394
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.43
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China