Factors influencing the quality of life of children with cochlear implants

Silva, Joice de Moura; Yamada, Midori Otake; Guedes, Elida Garbo; Moret, Adriane Lima Mortari

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2019.01.004

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“…The literature has suggested other different factors that can influence the auditory and speech outcomes, and the perceived QoL among CI children. These include compliance to speech rehabilitation and socioeconomic factors including family household income and level of parents' education [21][22][23][24][25]. In our study, gender, birth order, and distance from the CI centre were found to have different effects on the QoL.…”

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Quality of Life and Cochlear Implant: Results in Saudi Children

Alnuhayer

Alshawi

Julaidan

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Objective To assess the quality of life (QoL) in Saudi children with cochlear implants (CI) and determine sociodemographic and clinical factors that have an impact on the perceived QoL. Methods A cross-sectional study is performed by comparing the QoL of Saudi toddlers and young CI recipients with normal children, using the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 - Generic core scale (PedsQL TM 4.0 - GCS). A self-administered questionnaire was sent to parents of paediatric patients, who had cochlear implantation at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), from March 2016 to March 2018. Mothers of age-matched normal children who attended the obstetrics and gynaecology clinics at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), in November 2019 were considered as a control group. Results When children with CI and normal children PedsQL TM 4.0 - GCS subscales (physical, emotional, social, and school) and total functioning scores were compared, no single significant difference was noted between the groups. The sociodemographic and clinical factors that have an impact on the perceived QoL were: gender, birth order, and distance from the CI center. Emotional, social, psychosocial, and total functioning were the main dimensions affected. Conclusion The QoL of Saudi children with CI is comparable to those of normal children. However, among children with CI, gender, birth order, and distance from the CI center were found to have different effects on the QoL dimensions.

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Quality of Life and Cochlear Implant: Results in Saudi Children

Alnuhayer

Alshawi

Julaidan

et al. 2020

Cureus

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“…Socioeconomic status and family receptiveness were not explored. A recent study published by de Moura Silva et al (2019) suggested that the degree of receptiveness of the family unit had an impact on QoL of a child with CIs. Therefore, it would be interesting to investigate whether families who are considered 'more receptive' also show better agreement between child and parental opinions on QoL.…”

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Quality of life (QoL) evaluation of children using cochlear implants: agreement between pediatric and parent proxy-QoL reports

Hendriksma

Bruijnzeel

Bezdjian

et al. 2020

Cochlear Implants International

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Objectives: Cochlear implants are known to significantly improve the quality of life (QoL) of implanted children. However, variability exists between self-reported outcomes and parental-reported QoL questionnaires. We evaluated the QoL agreement between children and their parents following cochlear implantation and determined which factors lead to increased agreement. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed including pediatric cochlear implant recipients and their parents. We evaluated postoperative QoL using The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). To assess agreement between pediatric and parental QoL perception, PedsQL intra-class correlations (ICCs) were calculated. Results: Thirty-five children and their parents completed QoL questionnaires. Children who were evaluated between 8-12 years of age reported highest absolute total and subscale PedsQL scores. Highest agreement was found amongst parents and children when: (1) children were between 8-12 years at QoL assessment (ICC: between 0.917[95%CI: 0.676-0.981] and 0.972[95%CI: 0.882-0.994]), and (2) when evaluating the physical health QoL domain (ICC: 0.964[95%CI: 0.849-0.992]).Conclusions: This study demonstrates high agreement (ICC > 0.8) between pediatric and parental QoL report in children aged between 8-12 years at QoL assessment. Therefore, results confirm that: (1) QoL agreement between pediatric self-report and parent proxy-report is high in chronically ill children and (2) children using cochlear implants can reliably report QoL between 8-12 years.

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“…Findings of current research showed resemblance to the previous study. [16] 24 (53.3%) cases were from urban areas and 19 (46.7%) patients had rural residency. Majority of the mothers 29 (64.4%) were housewives and 21 (46.7%) mothers were literate.…”

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Effects of Cochlear Implants on the Quality of Life of Children

Rasheed¹,

Parveen²,

Ahmed³

2022

PJMHS

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Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of cochlear implants also examining the factors influencing the quality of life of children after CI. Study Design: Cross-sectional Place and Duration: PHFMC(BHU 189,Toba Tek Singh). Jan 2020-Oct 2020 Methods: Forty five children of aged between 3-10 years were presented in this study. Patients had cochlear implantation were included. Informed written consent was taken from the parents of children for demographically details in which age, sex, parent’s education status, residency and employment. Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 - Generic core scale (PedsQLTM 4.0 - GCS) was used. Children were assessed in terms of communication, self-reliance, socio economic behavior, education, family understanding and effects of implantation. SPSS 23.0 version was used to analyze data. Results: Among 45 cases, majority of the patients 27 (60%) were males and 18 (40%) were females. 6.07±3.32 years were the mean age of the children. 24 (53.3%) cases were from urban areas and 19 (46.7%) patients had rural residency. Majority of the mothers 29 (64.4%) were housewives and 21 (46.7%) mothers were literate. Mean age at the time of surgery was 4.12±3.63 years. Mean time of cochlear implantation 4.01±1.21 years. We found that the improvement in communication with the known people was 23 (51.1%) and before cochlear implantation effectiveness of hearing aids were slightly low 11 (24.4%). We found that the improvement of social relationships, family well-being, within-family relationships, educational conditions, and self-reliance were all observed to be satisfactory. Conclusion: In this research we concluded that the cochlear implantation was significantly helpful for children in hearing, language understanding, self-reliance, educational conditions. An understanding of the child's and family's unique needs will aid in the development of personalized speech therapy, which can help enhance outcomes for rehabilitation. Keywords: Children, Cochlear Implant, Quality of life

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Factors influencing the quality of life of children with cochlear implants

Cited by 32 publications

References 34 publications

Quality of Life and Cochlear Implant: Results in Saudi Children

Quality of Life and Cochlear Implant: Results in Saudi Children

Quality of life (QoL) evaluation of children using cochlear implants: agreement between pediatric and parent proxy-QoL reports

Effects of Cochlear Implants on the Quality of Life of Children

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