Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
BMJ Open. 2022 Oct 27;12(10):e065567. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065567.
While the majority of adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss and poor speech perception outcomes with hearing aids benefit from receiving a cochlear implant, the long-term health and social benefits for implant recipients are yet to be explored. The objective of the ARCHS research is to provide a better understanding of the health and social factors that play a role in the lives of adults with a cochlear implant up to 10 years after the procedure.
This research will involve conducting two retrospective cohort studies of adults aged ≥18 years who received a cochlear implant during 2011-2021 using linked administrative data first within New South Wales (NSW) and second Australia-wide. It will examine health service use and compare health and social outcomes for younger (18-64 years) and older (≥65 years) cochlear implant recipients.
Ethical approval was received from the NSW Population Health Services Research Ethics Committee for the NSW cohort study (Reference: 2022/ETH00382/2022.07) and from the Macquarie University ethics committee for the national cohort study (Reference: 520221151437084). Research findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at scientific conferences.
虽然大多数患有重度至极重度听力损失和助听后言语感知效果差的成年人从植入人工耳蜗中受益，但植入者的长期健康和社会效益仍有待探索。ARCHS 研究的目的是更好地了解健康和社会因素在植入人工耳蜗后 10 年内对成年人生活的影响。
这项研究将使用链接的行政数据，首先在新南威尔士州（NSW），然后在澳大利亚范围内，对 2011 年至 2021 年间接受人工耳蜗植入的年龄≥18 岁的成年人进行两项回顾性队列研究。它将检查卫生服务的使用情况，并比较年轻（18-64 岁）和年长（≥65 岁）人工耳蜗植入者的健康和社会结果。
新南威尔士州人口健康服务研究伦理委员会已批准 NSW 队列研究的伦理许可（参考：2022/ETH00382/2022.07），麦考瑞大学伦理委员会已批准全国队列研究的伦理许可（参考：520221151437084）。研究结果将发表在同行评议的期刊上，并在科学会议上展示。
