Physical activity interventions for adults with hearing loss: a systematic review
Growing epidemiological evidence suggests that adults with hearing loss engage in less physical activity than those without, which may increase the risk of chronic health conditions. This review aimed to systematically evaluate existing evidence assessing the effectiveness of physical activity interventions in adults with hearing loss. The review also aimed to identify the behaviour change techniques used in the included studies. A systematic search of the literature was completed and reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis. Two studies met the eligibility criteria, both found overall improvements for physical function, namely, aerobic fitness and muscle strength in adults with hearing loss. Limited evidence was available for the impact on psychosocial wellbeing. The evidence was judged to be of low quality and subject to bias. Further theoretically driven, high-quality intervention studies that incorporate additional behaviour techniques (e.g., providing additional environmental cues) are necessary.
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School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Speech, Language and HearingVolume
27Issue
1Pages
32 - 42Publisher
Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.Acceptance date
2023-06-03Publication date
2023-06-18Copyright date
2023ISSN
2050-571XeISSN
2050-5728Publisher version
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- en