A Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health-related quality of life is a critical health outcome and a clinically important patient-reported outcome in clinical trials. Hearing loss is associated with poorer health-related quality-of-life in older adults.

Objective

To investigate the 3-year outcomes of hearing intervention vs health education control on health-related quality of life.

Design, setting, and participants

This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial included participants treated for hearing loss at multiple US centers between 2018 and 2019 with 3-year follow-up completed in 2022. Eligible participants were aged 70 to 84 years, had untreated hearing loss, and were without substantial cognitive impairment. Participants were randomized (1:1) to hearing intervention or healt

SUBMITTER: Huang AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11582982 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature