Quality of life among Elderly Hearing Impairment (Presbycusis) at Benha City | ||||
Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||||
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2020, Page 1-18 PDF (815.42 K) | ||||
Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2020.159369 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Huda Mohamed El-Mahdy* 1; Eman Shokry Abdallah2; Eman Nabil Ramadan3; Mona Abdalla Abdelmordy1 | ||||
1Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing –Benha University- Egypt | ||||
2Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Zagazig University- Egypt | ||||
3Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing – Benha University- Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Hearing impairment (Presbycusis) is the third most prevalent chronic disease in the elderly, and it affects their quality of life. Aim: this study aimed to assess the quality of life among elderly hearing impairment (Presbycusis) at Benha City. Research design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Auditory Unit in Benha University Hospital and Benha Teaching Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample consisted of 100 elderly diagnosed with hearing impairment. Tools: Two tools were used include; (1) a structured interviewing questionnaire; it was composed of four parts: Socio-demographic characteristics, medical history, and knowledge regarding hearing impairment, (2) Quality of life of elderly with hearing impairment. Results: Most of the elderly people suffered from chronic diseases and the most common disease was hypertension, more than half of them had impairment in both ears, most of them had satisfactory level of knowledge, about two thirds had high score of total quality of life, and finally most of them had high score of total hearing impairment handicapping. Conclusion: Fortunately, the results revealed high total quality of life score and satisfactory level of knowledge among elderly. On other hand, most of them suffered from highly hearing impairment handicapping. Recommendations: Programs and studies should be done for teaching coping strategies for elderly with Presbycusis; this may have a positive impact on the quality of life of older people. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Elderly people; Presbycusis; and Quality of life | ||||
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