Association of socioeconomic status with hearing loss in Chinese working-aged adults: A population-based study

He, Ping; Hu, Xiangyang; Gong, Rui; Wen, Xu; Zheng, Xiaoying

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“…The families of deaf participants have a significantly lower per capita household income (p < 0.001) than those of the blind and control group participants, which is a direct indicator of the poorer financial status of deaf participants in the sample. Previous research has shown that blind and deaf individuals find themselves in the low socioeconomic class more often because they are more often unemployed, unmarried and have a lower level of education (21,22). According to the results of this study, deaf participants fall under a special, lower social category, which can be explained by a lack of adequate financial support, which is, however, provided for blind persons by the state (23).…”

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“…Generalni stavovi o pravdi u svijetu s obzirom na dob nastanka oštećenja vida Obitelji gluhih ispitanika u usporedbi s obiteljima slijepih ispitanika i ispitanicima kontrolne skupine imaju značajno niže prihode po članu obitelji (p < 0,001) što je direktan pokazatelj lošijeg materijalnog statusa gluhih osoba u ispitivanim uzorcima. U dosadašnjim istraživanjima slijepih i gluhih osoba obje skupine su češće lošijeg socioekonomskog položaja, budući da su češće nezaposleni, nisu u bračnoj zajednici i postižu niže razine obrazovanja (21,22). Rezultati ovog istraživanja svrstavaju gluhe ispitanike u posebnu, nižu socijalnu kategoriju što se može objasniti izostankom adekvatne financijske skrbi, koju je društvo u Republici Hrvatskoj ipak osiguralo slijepim osobama (23).…”

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Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Attitudes Toward Justice in the World in a Sample of Deaf and Blind Persons in Osijek Baranja Region

Pojatic¹,

Degmečić²

2019

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Cilj istraživanja bio je odrediti razine simptoma depresivnosti, anksioznosti u slijepih i gluhih ispitanika, njihove stavove o pravdi u svijetu, usporediti navedene razine između dviju skupina i kontrolne skupine te usporediti socio-demografska obilježja triju ispitivanih skupina. Studija je provedena kao presječno istraživanje. U studiju je uključeno 49 slijepih, 46 gluhih i 38 ispitanika iz kontrolne skupine. Za procjenu simptoma depresije i anksioznosti korišteni su Bekovi upitnici za procjenu depresivnosti i anksioznosti. Stavovi o pravednosti u svijetu procijenjeni su Ljestvicom općih stavova o pravdi u svijetu (Dalbert, Schmidt, Montada). U anketiranju gluhih ispitanika sudjelovao je prevoditelj hrvatskoga znakovnog jezika, a slijepim ispitanicima upitnici su pročitani. Gluhe osobe statistički su značajno depresivnije i anksioznije u odnosu na kontrolnu skupinu ispitanika (p<0,001, p<0,001). Gluhe osobe nisu pokazale izraženije stavove o pravdi u svijetu u odnosu na ispitanike kontrolne skupine. Slijepe osobe imaju statistički značajno izraženije stavove o pravdi u svijetu (p<0,001) te značajno više razine anksioznih simptoma u odnosu na kontrolnu skupinu (p=0,035). Rezultati studije otkrivaju značajno više razine anksioznosti i depresivnosti gluhih i slijepih ispitanika, prikazuju negativnu korelaciju između izraženih stavova o pravdi u svijetu i razina anksioznosti u gluhih ispitanika. Rezultati prikazuju izraženije stavove o pravdi u svijetu u slijepih u odnosu na gluhe ispitanike i kontrolnu skupinu./ The aim of this study was to determine the level of anxiety and depression of deaf and blind people and their attitudes towards justice in the world. The aim was also to compare these levels between two groups and the control group and determine the sociodemographic characteristics of the three groups. The study was designed as a cross sectional study.The study included 46 deaf, 49 blind and 38 participants in the control group. Anxiety and depression levels were measured using the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventory. Attitudes towards justice were measured using the General Belief in a Just World Scale. The group of deaf people was interviewed by a researcher using the Croatian Sign Language. A group of blind people was interviewed by the researcher. Deaf people had a significantly higher Beck Anxiety score (p<0,001) andBeck Depression score (p<0,001) compared to the control group. Deaf patients did not have a significantly higher General Belief score compared to the control group. Blind patients had a significantly higher General Belief score compared to the control group (p<0,001) and a significantly higher Beck Anxiety score (p=0,035) compared to the control group. The results of this study revealed significantly higher levels of depression and anxiety among deaf and blind patients, they showed a negative correlation between positive attitudes toward a just world and anxiety among deaf patients. They did show higher levels in attitudes of blind people towards a just world compared to deaf and contro...

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Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Attitudes Toward Justice in the World in a Sample of Deaf and Blind Persons in Osijek Baranja Region

Pojatic¹,

Degmečić²

2019

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“…In a Chinese cross‐sectional study of 25,860 working‐aged adults (12,804 men and 13,056 women) aged 25 to 59 years, lower education was associated with a higher prevalence of HI; however, income was not associated with HI . Both income and education were inversely associated with the prevalence of HI in a South Korean cross‐sectional study of 7,434 subjects (3,214 men and 4,220 women) aged ≥40 years .…”

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“…Epidemiological evidence regarding the relationship between household income and HI has been reported [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] ; however, few of these studies were conducted in Asian countries. 10,11 Epidemiological evidence regarding the relationship between educational level and HI has been limited, and studies have yielded inconsistent findings. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] No previous study has examined such relationships in Japan.…”

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“…10,11 Epidemiological evidence regarding the relationship between educational level and HI has been limited, and studies have yielded inconsistent findings. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] No previous study has examined such relationships in Japan. Here, we cross-sectionally investigated the associations of household income and educational level with HI in a Japanese population using baseline data from the Aidai Cohort Study (AICOS) conducted in Yawatahama and Uchiko, Japan.…”

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Association of household income and education with prevalence of hearing impairment in Japan

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Objectives/Hypothesis Epidemiological information regarding the relationship between household income and education and hearing impairment (HI) is limited. The present cross‐sectional study investigated this issue in Japan. Study Design Cross‐sectional investigation. Methods Study subjects were 371 men and 639 women aged 36 to 84 years. A self‐administered questionnaire was used. Audiological assessment was performed by pure‐tone audiometry. HI was defined as present in subjects who did not respond to a pure‐tone average of >25 dB HL in the better hearing ear according to the World Health Organization standard. Adjustment was made for age, smoking status, alcohol consumption, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and body mass index. Results The prevalence of HI was 31.5% in 371 men and 20.8% in 639 women. In men, a slight inverted J‐shaped association was observed between household income and HI, compared with a household income of <3 million yen per year. A household income of 3 to 5 million yen, but not of 5 million yen or more, was independently inversely associated with the prevalence of HI; the prevalence ratio for 3 to 5million yen was 0.73 (95% confidence interval: 0.54‐0.999). After adjustment for confounding factors, no relationship was found between household income and the prevalence of HI in women. There were no associations between educational level and the prevalence of HI in either men or women in the multivariate model. Conclusions Our results suggest that medium, but not high, household income may be associated with a lower prevalence of HI only in men. Level of Evidence 2b Laryngoscope, 129:2153–2157, 2019

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Association of socioeconomic status with hearing loss in Chinese working-aged adults: A population-based study

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Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Attitudes Toward Justice in the World in a Sample of Deaf and Blind Persons in Osijek Baranja Region

Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Attitudes Toward Justice in the World in a Sample of Deaf and Blind Persons in Osijek Baranja Region

Association of household income and education with prevalence of hearing impairment in Japan

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