Table 2 The odds for restricted life-space by categories of self-reported hearing difficulties at baseline and odds for incident of life-space restriction at second follow-up

Baseline hearing difficulties

n

Life-space restriction %

OR

95 % CI

p

OR

95 % CI

p

 No hearing difficulties

276

30.9

1

1

 Mild hearing difficulty

381

41.2

1.5

1.0-2.1

.033

1.4

0.9-2.0

.107

 Major hearing difficulty

187

54.5

2.1

1.4-3.2

<.001

1.8

1.2-2.8

.007

n

Life-space restriction %

OR

95 % CI

p

OR

95 % CI

p

 No hearing difficulties

177

16.4

1

1

 Mild hearing difficulty

210

27.1

1.8

1.1-3.1

.025

1.8

1.0-3.2

.035

 Major hearing difficulty

78

29.5

2.1

1.1-4.0

.031

2.0

1.0-3.9

.057