Coping with age-related hearing loss: patient-caregiver dyad effects on quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Patients with age -related hearing loss (ARHL) and their natural caregivers have to confront a disability that produces progressive lifestyle changes. There is an interest in studying the ability of patients and their caregivers to cope with the difficulties that affect quality of life (QoL). In a sample of patient-caregiver dyads in the specific context of ARHL, we examine whether the QoL of patients and caregivers is influenced by the coping processes they use from a specific actor-partner interdependence model (APIM).

Methods

This cross-sectional study involved dyads with patients having a diagnosis of ARHL. The self-reported data included QoL (WHOQoL-BREF) and coping strategies (BriefCope). The APIM was used to test the dyadic effects of coping strate

SUBMITTER: Lazzarotto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532176 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature