[Quality of life and depression in hearing-impairment : A German survey]. / Lebensqualität und Depression bei Hörminderung : Eine deutsche Bedarfsanalyse.
HNO
; 67(1): 36-44, 2019 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Hearing-impairment can lead to a reduced quality of life and thus represents a vulnerability factor for mental disorders.OBJECTIVE:
This study represents the first psychiatric analysis of subjective quality of life and depression in people with hearing-impairment in Germany. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The patient group included 30 hearing-impaired participants (27 women, 3 men) with a current or previous mental disorder and/or psychiatric/psychotherapeutic treatment (age mean, Mâ¯= 49.67 years; standard deviation, SDâ¯= 13.54 years). The control group consisted of 22 hearing-impaired participants (16 women, 6 men) without mental disorders or treatment (age Mâ¯= 52.41 years, SDâ¯= 17.30 years). Besides sociodemographic variables, we registered onset/extent of the various hearing-impairments and hearing aid provision. Both groups underwent extensive diagnostic assessment comprising subjective functional impairment (Sheehan Disability Scale, SDS), health-related quality of life (SF-36 Health Survey), and depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI-II).RESULTS:
Groups did not differ significantly in terms of sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, or intelligence. Participants of the patient group had a significantly greater subjective impairment, a lower quality of life, and more pronounced symptoms of depression. The invasiveness of the hearing aid (i.â¯e., cochlear implant) as well as the timepoint of hearing-impairment onset (postlingually) appear to serve as vulnerability factors for mental health problems in this group.CONCLUSION:
Our results indicate that besides delivering high-quality acoustic care, practitioners should continuously check patients' requirements for psychosocial treatment due to a loss of quality of life. The development of a specific psychotherapeutic treatment for hearing-impaired clients requires additional research focused on protective and vulnerability factors which may influence the emergence of mental disorders in these patients.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Pessoas com Deficiência Auditiva
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Depressão
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
De
Revista:
HNO
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article