Caregiver Quality of Life After Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate factors affecting quality of life (QOL) in caregivers of older cochlear implant (CI) recipients.

Study design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Academic medical center.

Patients

Adults over age 65 receiving CI between July 13, 2000 and April 3, 2019.

Interventions

Cochlear implantation.

Main outcome measures

Linear regression models for caregiver QOL measured by Significant Other Scale for Hearing Disability (SOS-HEAR), with independent variables: caregiver role, patient gender, 11 factor modified frailty index (mFI), duration of hearing loss, hearing aid use, age at surgery, time since surgery, change in pure tone average (PTA), processor input type and Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire (NCIQ). Correlations between SOS-H

SUBMITTER: Aylward A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8752477 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature