Jaiyeola Mofadeke T, Adeyemo Adebolajo A
Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
PLoS One. 2018 Jan 2;13(1):e0190130. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190130. eCollection 2018.
Quality of Life encompasses an individual's well-being and health, social participation and satisfaction with functional daily living. Disabilities such as deafness can impact on the quality of life with spatial variance to the environment. Deafness causes communicative problems with significant consequences in cognitive, social, and emotional well-being of affected individuals. However, information relating to the quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals, especially students in developing countries like Nigeria, which could be used to design special health-related interventions is sparse. This study examined the quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing students in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. One hundred and ten deaf and hard of hearing students participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants were drawn from all four secondary schools for the Deaf in Ibadan metropolis. The 26 item Brief version of the WHO Quality of Life questionnaire was used for data collection. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics at statistical significance of p<0.05. Majority (57.8%) of the deaf and hard of hearing students had poor quality of life. Attending the special school for the Deaf, upper socio-economic status and age (≥17years) are significantly associated with better quality of life. However, gender and age at onset of hearing loss had no significant influence on the quality of life. The Deaf community available in the special school appeared to protect against stigma and discrimination, while also promoting social interactions between deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
生活质量涵盖个人的幸福与健康、社会参与以及对日常生活功能的满意度。诸如失聪之类的残疾会因环境的空间差异而影响生活质量。失聪会引发沟通问题，对受影响个体的认知、社交和情感幸福产生重大影响。然而，关于失聪及听力障碍个体，尤其是像尼日利亚这样的发展中国家的学生的生活质量的信息十分稀少，而这些信息可用于设计与健康相关的特殊干预措施。本研究调查了尼日利亚伊巴丹市失聪及听力障碍学生的生活质量。110名失聪及听力障碍学生参与了这项横断面研究。参与者来自伊巴丹市所有四所聋人中学。采用世界卫生组织生活质量问卷的26项简版进行数据收集。数据采用描述性和推断性统计分析，显著性水平为p<0.05。大多数（57.8%）失聪及听力障碍学生的生活质量较差。就读于聋人特殊学校、较高的社会经济地位和年龄（≥17岁）与较好的生活质量显著相关。然而，性别和听力丧失起始年龄对生活质量没有显著影响。特殊学校中的聋人社区似乎能防止耻辱和歧视，同时还能促进失聪及听力障碍个体之间的社交互动。
