Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2024 Jun 12;19(6):e0304428. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304428. eCollection 2024.
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of social isolation, loneliness, anxiety, depression, higher stress, and memory complaints interacting with personality traits as a function of hearing loss. Personality traits have previously been shown to correlate with anxiety and depression, as well as hearing loss, suggesting an effect of personality on the relationship between social emotional outcomes and hearing loss. A cross-sectional survey including validated screening measures was anonymously administered. Measures included personality (Big Five Index-2 Extra-Short Form), stress (Perceived Stress Scale), anxiety and depression (Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety), loneliness (Three-Item Loneliness Scale), social engagement (Lubben Social Network Scale-6), and self-perceived memory complaints (Subjective Cognitive Function). Eight hundred and ninety-one responses were obtained from adults between the ages of 18 and 90 years old (M = 50 years old). Hearing loss was positively correlated with subjective memory complaints only when not accounting for demographic variables, personality traits, psychosocial outcomes, and social emotional outcomes. There were additive effects of hearing loss and negative emotionality on increases in memory complaints in those who self-identified as maybe having hearing loss. Higher degrees of hearing loss also increased loneliness, with greater hearing loss negating the positive correlation between extraversion and social engagement. Overall, our results suggest that hearing loss significantly interacts with personality traits and other social emotional measures. Our results suggest that the impact of hearing loss on memory complaints, social isolation, and loneliness may differ across patients with hearing loss in comparison with those who think they maybe have hearing loss. Information from this study may provide insights for hearing healthcare and mental healthcare professionals to better serve persons with hearing loss who may require additional support or interventions.
本研究旨在探讨社会隔离、孤独感、焦虑、抑郁、压力增加以及记忆问题与个性特征相互作用对听力损失的影响。先前的研究表明，个性特征与焦虑和抑郁以及听力损失有关，这表明个性对社会情感结果与听力损失之间的关系有影响。本研究采用横断面调查，包括经过验证的筛查措施，匿名进行。测量包括个性（大五人格指数-2 超短型）、压力（感知压力量表）、焦虑和抑郁（抑郁和焦虑患者健康问卷）、孤独感（三项目孤独量表）、社会参与（Lubben 社会网络量表-6）和自我感知的记忆问题（主观认知功能）。从 18 至 90 岁的成年人中获得了 891 份回复（M = 50 岁）。仅当不考虑人口统计学变量、个性特征、心理社会结果和社会情感结果时，听力损失与主观记忆问题呈正相关。在自我认定可能有听力损失的人群中，听力损失和负面情绪对记忆问题增加有附加作用。听力损失程度越高，孤独感越强烈，而听力损失程度越高，外向与社会参与之间的正相关关系就越被否定。总体而言，我们的结果表明听力损失与个性特征和其他社会情感测量显著相互作用。我们的结果表明，与那些认为自己可能有听力损失的人相比，听力损失对记忆问题、社会隔离和孤独感的影响可能因听力损失患者而异。这项研究的信息可能为听力保健和心理健康保健专业人员提供一些见解，以便更好地为那些可能需要额外支持或干预的听力损失患者提供服务。
