Parent-Child Agreement on Quality of Life in Children With Hearing Loss Using the HEAR-QL.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We explored whether children with hearing loss (HL) and their parents perceive the child's quality of life (QOL) similarly using the Hearing Environment And Reflections on Quality of Life (HEAR-QL) survey.

Study design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Pediatric otolaryngology clinic.

Patients

7 to 14 year old children with unilateral or bilateral HL and their parents.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measure

The HEAR-QL is a validated hearing-related QOL survey and has three domains and total score, ranging from 0 to 100; higher scores indicate higher QOL.

Results

HEAR-QL total score (r = 0.520, p = 0.011), Activities (r = 0.608, p = 0.002), and Feelings (r = 0.657, p = 0.001) domains correlated strongly, but the hearing Environment

SUBMITTER: Zhang AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595528 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature