Impact and cost-effectiveness evaluation of community-based rehabilitative interventions on quality of life among adults with hearing loss

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Xin Ye, Dawei Zhu, Yanshang Wang, Siyuan Chen, Jiamin Gao et al. (10 authors)

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific2022-09-134 citations

10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100594

Effects of providing free hearing aids on multiple health outcomes among middle-aged and older adults with hearing loss in rural China: a randomized controlled trial

Xin Ye, Dawei Zhu, Siyuan Chen, Xuefeng Shi, Rui Gong et al. (8 authors)

BMC Medicine2022-04-1921 citations

10.1186/s12916-022-02323-2

Impact and cost-effectiveness evaluation of a community-based rehabilitation intervention on quality of life among Chinese adults with hearing loss: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Ye X, Zhu D, Chen S, Shi X, Gong R, Wang J, Zuo H, Zhang M, He P.

2021-04-074 citations

10.1186/s13063-021-05228-2

Interventions

Case series:Fitting and wearing a hearing aid

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 16 years old and above; 2. Diagnosed with some degree of hearing loss and are required to wear a hearing aid; 3. Plans to stay in the geographic area for study duration; 4. Community-dwelling; 5. Fluent Chinese speaker.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to read or write; 2. Cognitive, mental, language or movement disability diagnosis; 3. Self-reported use of a hearing aid in the past 1 year; 4. Unwilling to wear hearing aids on daily basis; 5. Medical contraindication to use of hearing aids (e.g., draining ear); 6. Conductive hearing loss with air-bone gap >15 dB in two or more contiguous frequencies in both ears that cannot be resolved.

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cognitive Function;Depressive Symptoms;Sub-dimensions of Quality of Life;Activities of Daily Living;Instrumental Activities of Daily Living;Chronic Diseases;Social Support;Hospitalization;Fall;Direct Medical Costs;Indirect Medical Costs;Loss of Productivity;	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of Life;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactPing He

PKU China Center for Health Development Studies

phe@pku.edu.cn+86 13911160537

Outcome results

None listed