Quality of life among elderly patients with hearing impairment in ORL clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Hearing impairment is a common consequence of aging but unfortunately receives minimal attention. Later, it will affect the quality of life among elderly which could lead to difficulty in communication and lead to depression and social withdrawal. There are a few factors that could lead to hearing...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/56318/1/NUR%20AZUREEN%20BINTI%20RAHIM%20-%20e.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/56318/ |
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| Summary: | Hearing impairment is a common consequence of aging but unfortunately receives
minimal attention. Later, it will affect the quality of life among elderly which could lead to
difficulty in communication and lead to depression and social withdrawal. There are a few factors that could lead to hearing impairment such as history of smoking, age, used of gun,
occupational noise, and health problems. The aim of this study was to determine the quality of
life among elderly who had experienced hearing impairment. Respondents were taken via
convenient method among geriatric patients in Othorinolaryngology Clinic Hospital USM, aged
60 years and above and do not used hearing aid. A self- developed questionnaire was used to
collect data. Majority of the respondents (66.1%) in this study were between aged 60 to 69 years.
The result shows that 90.3% of the respondents had more hearing impairment. Moreover, there
was significant relationship between history of smoking with hearing impairment (p= 0.018}
meanwhile the others selected socio demographic data were not significant relationship with
hearing impairment. The association between physical, cognitive and social scale of quality of
life and hearing impairment level was not significant association with coefficient association was
r= -0.228. Besides that, there were significant association between Communication Scale of
Quality of Life and Psychological Scale with hearing impairment. In conclusion, the hearing
impairment had influenced daily communication and gave some stressful event in elderly life.
There is need to increase awareness for hearing impairment and the management with program
or using media so that quality of life could be improved later |
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