TY - JOUR
AU - D. Tsimpida
AU - R. Piroddi
AU - K. Daras
AU - G. Melis
A1 - 
AB - Hearing loss is a significant public health challenge, with prevalence estimates based on projected age demographics rather than actual public health needs. This study aimed to quantify hearing loss using real-world data from primary care and explore local patterns and trends from 2013 to 2022 in Cheshire and Merseyside counties of Northwest England. Annual hearing loss prevalence was measured using an ecological space-time analysis of 2.7 million primary care records from Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. We applied cluster and outlier analysis with geographically weighted regression to examine local deprivation effects. We detected spatial clusters of high prevalence of hearing loss in Cheshire and an increasing trend in hearing loss prevalence in Halton. Deprivation accounted for up to 35% of hearing loss variance in 2020. Monitoring spatial patterns of hearing loss is crucial for addressing health inequalities and guiding targeted prevention and intervention strategies.
AD - Centre for Research On Ageing, University of Southampton, Murray Building (58), Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. d.tsimpida@soton.ac.uk.; Department of Gerontology, University of Southampton, Murray Building (58), Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. d.tsimpida@soton.ac.uk.; Department of Health Data Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.; Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.; NIHR ARC NWC), National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast, Liverpool, UK.; National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), NHS England, UK.
AN - 40646315
BT - J Public Health Policy
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 3
DA - Sep
DO - 10.1057/s41271-025-00584-8
DP - NLM
ET - 20250711
IS - 3
JF - J Public Health Policy
LA - eng
N2 - Hearing loss is a significant public health challenge, with prevalence estimates based on projected age demographics rather than actual public health needs. This study aimed to quantify hearing loss using real-world data from primary care and explore local patterns and trends from 2013 to 2022 in Cheshire and Merseyside counties of Northwest England. Annual hearing loss prevalence was measured using an ecological space-time analysis of 2.7 million primary care records from Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. We applied cluster and outlier analysis with geographically weighted regression to examine local deprivation effects. We detected spatial clusters of high prevalence of hearing loss in Cheshire and an increasing trend in hearing loss prevalence in Halton. Deprivation accounted for up to 35% of hearing loss variance in 2020. Monitoring spatial patterns of hearing loss is crucial for addressing health inequalities and guiding targeted prevention and intervention strategies.
PY - 2025
SN - 0197-5897 (Print); 0197-5897
SP - 630
EP - 644+
ST - Assessing hearing health inequalities using routine health information systems
T1 - Assessing hearing health inequalities using routine health information systems
T2 - J Public Health Policy
TI - Assessing hearing health inequalities using routine health information systems
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U3 - 10.1057/s41271-025-00584-8
VL - 46
VO - 0197-5897 (Print); 0197-5897
Y1 - 2025
ER -