Importance of personality and coping expectancy on patient-reported hearing disability, quality of life and distress level: a study of patients referred to an audiology service

Nordvik, Øyvind; Heggdal, Peder O. Laugen; Brännström, K. Jonas; Aarstad, Anne Kari Hersvik; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen

doi:10.1186/s12955-021-01802-z

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“… 31 There is evidence that older adults with HL have a worse quality of life than people without HL. 31 , 35 In the current study, patients in the USER group had a moderately better AQoL-8D score than NON-USERS although the difference was not significant. There was no significant difference in the ‘senses’ subscale of the AQoL-8D questionnaire between the USER and NON-USER groups.…”

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Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in older adults: a prospective controlled study

Ghiselli,

Soncini,

Fabrizi

et al. 2024

J Int Med Res

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Objective To investigate which factors influence the adherence to hearing aid (HA) use in elderly patients with moderate-to-severe hearing loss. Methods This observational, prospective, single-centre study enrolled patients with moderate-to-severe hearing loss. They were evaluated before and 1 year after having either one or two HAs fitted. Results A total of 86 patients were enrolled in the study and of these 69.8% (60 of 86; USER group) continued to use their HA at 1 year after fitting; six patients had not continued their use (NON-USERS). The USER group was younger than the NON-USER group, but the difference was not significant. The USER group had a significantly better unaided auditory threshold at baseline than the NON-USER group. HA use resulted in improvements in speech audiometry and auditory threshold. There was also a maintenance of cognitive function in the USER group. Conclusion Use of HA for 1 year resulted in improved auditory performance and an absence of a deterioration of cognitive function. Trial registration: This research was retrospectively registered under no. NCT04333043 at ClinicalTrials.gov ( http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ ) on the 26 March 2020. This research has been registered with the Ethics Committee of the Area Vasta Emilia Nord under number 104, date of approval 17/07/2017.

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Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in older adults: a prospective controlled study

Ghiselli,

Soncini,

Fabrizi

et al. 2024

J Int Med Res

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“…Consequently also the quality of life of these patients can be impaired. Literatures agree that elderly with hearing loss have a worse quality of life [21,22]. In our study patients in the user group have a trend of better perceived quality of life than non users although differences are not statistically signi cant No differences were observed in the sense subscale of the questionnaire in user and non user subjects.…”

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Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in elderly subjects: a prospective controlled study

Ghiselli

Soncini

Fabrizi

et al. 2022

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Background: Population ageing is a global phenomenon. Hearing loss prevalence, indeed, increases with age. Hearing loss in elderly deteriorates hearing abilities and consequently cognition, sociality, sensitivity and the quality of life. Different studies reported that hearing aids have a positive effect on the cognitive outcome but most of them do not compare the performances before and after the hearing aids (HA) fitting. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the adherence to HA use in a group of elderly people one year after their first fitting. In particular, we want to analyze which factors influence the adherence. Subsequently, we evaluated the evolution of the different parameters analyzed after one year of HA use. Methods: 86 elderly patients affected by moderate or moderate to severe hearing loss were consecutively recruited. They were evaluated during two assessments: one before (Pre) and one after one year of first HA experience (Post). Audiometric measures, questionnaires and a cognitive test were performed at each assessment. More details about study design and inclusion/exclusion criteria are reported in our previously published study protocol. Results: 69.8% of the participants continued to use HA one year after the first fitting. At the comparisons USERS were younger than NON-USERS. Furthermore users have a statistically better unaided auditory threshold and basic cognitive status. No differences were found in speech audiometry, HHIE and Quality of life score. 39 patients completed Pre and Post evaluations. Significant improvements in speech audiometry and auditory threshold, HHIE, AQoL and IOI-HA score were observed. No difference was found in MOCA score. Conclusions: An high percentage of adherence to HA use has been observed in elderly with moderate or moderate to severe HL. The adherence to HA use is correlated with lower age, lower hearing loss degree, good basal cognitive capacities and better quality of life perception at first fitting. Use of hearing aids over time, leads to an improvement of the auditory performances, a reduction of the effect of the hearing impairment in everyday situations and absence of deterioration of the cognitive functions. Bilateral device users experience better performances and satisfaction than monolateral. Trial registration: This research was retrospectively registered under no. NCT04333043 at ClinicalTrials.gov (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/) on the 26 March 2020. This research has been registered with the Ethics Committee of the Area Vasta Emilia Nord under number 104, date of approval 17/07/2017.

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“…Patients with severe hearing impairment show a high degree of suffering regarding stress-related disorders compared to those with normal hearing [ 49 ]. Previous research indicated that in hard-of-hearing individuals, the extent of hearing impairment, quality of life, and perceived stress were related to each other and to coping expectations [ 50 ]. The mean proportion of CI patients burdened by higher stress perception measured within this study was 31.6%, a slightly increased but nearly identical proportion to a cross-section of the European population during the COVID-19 pandemic (27.41%) [ 51 ].…”

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Influence of depressive disorders, stress, and personality traits on quality of life after cochlear implantation

Lailach,

Stephan,

Martin

et al. 2023

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Purpose This study aimed to determine whether preoperative depressiveness, stress, and personality influence quality of life (QOL) after cochlear implant (CI) surgery. Methods In this prospective study, 79 patients undergoing CI surgery were evaluated preoperatively and 12 months postoperatively. Disease-specific QOL was assessed with the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire (NCIQ) and general QOL with the WHOQOL-BREF. Depressiveness and stress were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-D). The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was used to classify comorbidities. The Big Five Personality Test (B5T) was used to assess the basic personality dimensions. Speech comprehension was evaluated in quiet with the Freiburg monosyllable test and in noise with the Oldenburg sentence test. Results After CI surgery, the total NCIQ score improved significantly (Δ 17.1 ± 14.7, p < 0.001). General QOL (WHOQOL-BREF, Δ 0.4 ± 9.9, p = 0.357), stress (Δ 0.25 ± 3.21, p = 0.486), and depressiveness (Δ 0.52 ± 3.21, p = 0.121) were unaffected by CI surgery. Patients without elevated depressiveness (p < 0.01) or stress (p < 0.001) had significantly better total NCIQ scores. The results of the multiple regression analyses show that, after adjusting for the CCI, personality, age, and mental health stress (ß = − 0.495, p < 0.001) was significantly associated with postoperative NCIQ outcome scores. Depressiveness and neuroticism had the strongest influence on the generic QOL (ß = − 0.286 and ß = − 0.277, p < 0.05). Conclusion Stress symptoms and personality traits are significant predictive factors for disease-specific QOL, as well as hearing status. This should be considered in the preoperative consultation and in optimizing the rehabilitation process.

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Importance of personality and coping expectancy on patient-reported hearing disability, quality of life and distress level: a study of patients referred to an audiology service

Cited by 10 publications

References 38 publications

Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in older adults: a prospective controlled study

Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in older adults: a prospective controlled study

Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in elderly subjects: a prospective controlled study

Influence of depressive disorders, stress, and personality traits on quality of life after cochlear implantation

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