购买助听器的社会预测因素:耻辱,社交网络组成,社会支持和孤独是否重要?
Gurjit Singh1,2,3, Huiwen Goy2, Kay Wright-Whyte2
1Sonova Canada, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Ear and hearing
|March 28, 2025
概括
听力损失的老年人购买助听器的可能性更大,如果他们年龄较大,听力障碍较大,听力助听器耻辱感较小. 社交网络的组成也在助听器的采用中发挥了作用.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 对于有听力障碍的老年人来说,采用助听器至关重要,以保持生活质量.
- 社会因素越来越多地被认为是对健康相关决策的潜在影响,包括助听器的使用.
- 有限的研究量化了特定社会因素对首次购买助听器的消费者的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查四个社会因素的预测能力 - - 耻辱,社交网络组成,社会支持和孤独 - - 在购买助听器时.
- 确定在没有以前的助听器经验的老年人中首次访问诊所的助听器吸收的关键预测因素.
主要方法:
- 这是一项前性研究,涉及加拿大130家听力保健诊所的753名老年人.
- 在标准的听力学评估之前,参与者填写了关于社会因素和听力障碍的问卷.
- 听力助听器的购买被追踪了3到15个月的任命后.
主要成果:
- 助听器的采用主要是由年龄较大和自我报告的听力障碍较高而预测的.
- 减少助听器的耻辱感和与听力损失有社交接触,增加了收养的可能性.
- 孤独和社会支持水平并没有显著预测助听器的购买.
结论:
- 社会因素,特别是耻辱和社交网络组成,在助听器采用方面发挥着作用,尽管不如年龄和残疾.
- 调查结果可以为有针对性的干预提供信息,以改善听力康复和解决助听器使用障碍.
- 这项研究提供了定量证据,以指导提高老年人采用助听器的战略.
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