Sousa Aline Faria de, Couto Maria Inês Vieira, Martinho-Carvalho Ana Claudia
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Jul-Aug;84(4):494-499. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2017.06.005. Epub 2017 Jul 5.
Considering the variability of results found in the clinical population using a cochlear implant, researchers in the area have been interested in the inclusion of quality of life measures to subjectively assess the benefits of the implantation.
To assess the quality of life of adult users of cochlear implant.
A cross-sectional and clinical study in a group of 26 adults of both genders, with mean duration of cochlear implant use of 6.6 years. The Nijmegen Cochlear Implantation Questionnaire and the generic World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire were sent electronically.
The best assessed domain in the quality of life assessment for the cochlear implantation questionnaire was the social domain, whereas for the quality of life questionnaire it was the psychological domain. The variables, gender, time of cochlear implant use and auditory modality did not influence the results of both questionnaires. Only the variable level of education was correlated with the environment domain of the quality of life questionnaire. The variable telephone speech comprehension was associated with a better perception of quality of life for all the domains of the specific questionnaire and for the self-assessment of quality of life in general.
From the users' perspective, both questionnaires showed that cochlear implant brought benefits to different aspects related to quality of life.
考虑到使用人工耳蜗的临床人群中所发现结果的变异性，该领域的研究人员一直对纳入生活质量测量方法以主观评估植入的益处感兴趣。
评估成年人工耳蜗使用者的生活质量。
对一组26名成年男女进行横断面临床研究，人工耳蜗使用的平均时长为6.6年。通过电子邮件发送奈梅亨人工耳蜗植入问卷和通用的世界卫生组织生活质量问卷。
在人工耳蜗植入问卷的生活质量评估中，评估最佳的领域是社会领域，而在生活质量问卷中则是心理领域。性别、人工耳蜗使用时间和听觉模式这些变量并未影响两份问卷的结果。只有教育程度变量与生活质量问卷的环境领域相关。电话言语理解变量与特定问卷所有领域的生活质量更好感知以及总体生活质量自我评估相关。
从使用者的角度来看，两份问卷均表明人工耳蜗给与生活质量相关的不同方面带来了益处。
