The influence of mood on the perception of hearing-loss related quality of life in people with hearing loss and their significant others

Preminger, Jill E.; Meeks, Suzanne

doi:10.3109/14992020903311396

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“…Quality of life expression is linked to health, and that perceptions and social conditions are induced by disease, treatments, and political and economic organization of the health care system (27) . Psychosocial characteristics of individuals affect their perceptions of hearing loss regarding quality of life (28) . As for the QOL study of the EG scores with the variables of age at assessment, duration of auditory sensory deprivation and duration of CI use, no statistically significant results were found.…”

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Qualidade de vida em adultos usuários de implante coclear

Angelo

Moret

Costa

et al. 2016

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RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar a qualidade de vida (QV) de adultos usuários de implante coclear (IC), comparando-a com a QV de adultos com audição normal, além de estudar a influência, na QV dos adultos usuários de IC, destas variáveis: nível socioeconômico, escolaridade, idade na avaliação, tempo de privação sensorial auditiva, tempo de uso do dispositivo e desempenho nos testes de percepção auditiva da fala. Desenho A QV foi avaliada segundo o questionário genérico de avaliação World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref). Amostra do estudo Setenta adultos usuários de IC formaram o grupo experimental (GE) e 50 adultos com audição normal fizeram parte do grupo controle (GC). Resultados O GE apresentou escores muito próximos à pontuação máxima que representa QV satisfatória para todos os domínios do questionário WHOQOL-bref e houve resultados semelhantes entre os GE e GC. Na avaliação, as variáveis idade, tempo de privação sensorial auditiva, tempo de uso do IC e desempenho em percepção auditiva da fala não influenciaram os resultados de QV de adultos usuários de IC. Conclusão Avaliar a QV deve ser uma preocupação das equipes interdisciplinares em IC para uma intervenção com um cuidado humanizado.

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Qualidade de vida em adultos usuários de implante coclear

Angelo

Moret

Costa

et al. 2016

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“…Closely participating in the daily life of an individual with age-related hearing impairment may be difficult and hampering. The progressive social deprivation that the ARHL individual imposes on him/herself may entrain a broader social deprivation of their closest relatives,22,23 specifically in the situation in which the two individuals are partners. Because of the isolation of the ARHL individual, caregivers are deprived of some of their independence and freedom.…”

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Age-related hearing loss in individuals and their caregivers: effects of coping on the quality of life among the dyads

Lazzarotto¹,

Baumstarck²,

Loundou³

et al. 2016

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ObjectivesAge-related hearing loss (ARHL) impacts the daily living and quality of life (QoL) of affected individuals and the functioning of family caregivers. In the specific context of voluntary medical checkups, we examined sample dyads (ARHL individual and the caregiver) to determine whether QoL of patients and caregivers is influenced by coping strategies implemented either by themselves or their relatives.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study with a descriptive/correlative design performed in a French preventive health center (Regional Institute for Prevention of Aging, Marseille, France) for the beneficiaries of pension funds of private sector employees. The samples included beneficiary–caregiver dyads. The beneficiaries had bilateral (mild to moderately severe) ARHL. Self-reported data were collected as follows: QoL using the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire, coping strategies using the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale, and anxiety and mood using visual analog scales.ResultsThe final sample comprised 44 beneficiaries and 44 caregivers. The caregiver was the partner of the beneficiary in 73% of cases. The QoL scores of the social dimension were significantly lower for beneficiaries and caregivers compared with French age- and sex-matched controls. Among beneficiaries and caregivers, coping strategies based on problem solving were the most commonly used strategies. The use of positive thinking strategies was associated with higher QoL scores. The more one member of the dyad used an avoidance coping strategy, the more the other member used a positive thinking strategy.ConclusionThis study emphasizes that QoL of individuals with age-related hearing impairment and their natural caregivers is related to the coping strategies that they use. This finding suggests that targeted interventions should be offered to help individuals who experience emotional difficulties to implement more efficient coping strategies.

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“…Tolson 1997, Hogan 2001, Preminger & Meeks 2010). Interestingly, very few participants had or wanted family involvement.…”

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Older people’s views on what they need to successfully adjust to life with a hearing aid

Kelly

Tolson

Day

et al. 2013

Health & Social Care in the Community

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This article reports a study exploring what older people believe would enable them to adjust to and gain maximum benefit from wearing a hearing aid. A mixed methods approach was employed during 2006 involving interviews with key stakeholders, a survey across three Scottish health board areas and focus groups. Nine key stakeholders from six national and local organisations were interviewed about the needs of older people being fitted with hearing aids. In total, 240 older people belonging to three different types of hearing impaired older people were surveyed: long-term users of hearing aids, new hearing aid users, and those on a waiting list from urban and rural areas (response rate = 24%). A series of eight follow-up focus groups with 31 audiology patients was held. Health professionals appeared to neglect appropriate provision of information and overly rely on technological interventions. Of 154 older people already fitted with hearing aids, only 52% of hearing aid users reported receiving enough practical help post fitting and only 41% reported receiving enough support. Approximately 40% reported not feeling confident in the use of their aids or their controls. Older people wanted more information than they received both before and after hearing aid fitting. Information provision and attention to the psychosocial aspects of care are key to enabling older people to adjust and optimise hearing aid benefit.

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The influence of mood on the perception of hearing-loss related quality of life in people with hearing loss and their significant others

Cited by 38 publications

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Qualidade de vida em adultos usuários de implante coclear

Qualidade de vida em adultos usuários de implante coclear

Age-related hearing loss in individuals and their caregivers: effects of coping on the quality of life among the dyads

Older people’s views on what they need to successfully adjust to life with a hearing aid

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