Mild cognitive impairment, hearing loss
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group:Hearing aid use, family empowerment autonomy motivation support intervention, and health education on hearing aid skills
Control group:Hearing aid use and regular health education
Sponsors
Peking University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants should meet all of the following conditions: 1.Participants aged between 60 and 85 years old; 2. The pure-tone average (PTA) of the participants' better ear at 500, 1k, 2k, and 4kHz was between 35-80db HL (excluding 80); 3. Participants were diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment according to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to Hearing Impairment (MOCA-HI scored above 18 and below 26); 4. Participants were diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss based on history of ear diseases, pure tone audiometry, and tympanometry. They were also diagnosed as post-lingual hearing loss; 5. Participants can understand the complete the intervention plan and the outcome assessment scales; 6. Participants wore their hearing aids for less than three months; 7. Participants have support from their family members; 8. Participants sign an informed consent form and participated voluntarily.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants who meet any of the following conditions will be excluded: 1. Participants were diagnosed with congenital hearing loss or permanent conductive hearing loss; 2. Participants were diagnosed with asymmetrical hearing loss (the difference in PTA between two ears was 30 db HL and above); 3. Participants have vision loss (visual acuity was less than 20/63 assessed by the Snellen scale, equivalent to being unable to comfortably read size 14 font); 4. Participants have medical contraindications for hearing aid use (such as progressive or fluctuating hearing loss, sudden sensorineural hearing loss within the past three months, accompanied by otorrhea, ear pain, dizziness or headache, congenital or traumatic ear deformity, etc.); 5. Participants are engaging in another intervention project currently.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cognitive function; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence of hearing aid use;Severity of hearing loss;Outcome for hearing aids;Hearing aid skills;Activities of daily life (ADL);Quality of life;Depressive symptoms;Subjective cognitive decline;Social support;Self-efficacy;Healthcare utilization;Autonomy motivation support;Family caregiver burden;Motivation of hearing aid use; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYanan Luo
Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University
Outcome results
None listed