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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Impact of hearing impairment on psychological distress and subjective well-being in older adults.

Yasmeen Niazi, Bisma Ejaz, Amina Muazzam

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasmeen NiaziYasmeen Niazi, MS Scholar. Department of Applied Psychology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Bisma EjazBisma Ejaz, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Amina MuazzamAmina Muazzam Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Lahore College for Women University · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe main objective of this study was to explore the impact of hearing impairment on psychological distress and subjective well-being in older adults with hearing impairment.

methodsThe study with cross sectional research design was conducted in three public sector hospitals of Lahore, from February 2017 to June 2017. Participants of the study were adults aged 50-90 years and with hearing impairment, selected through non-probability sampling technique. Demographic Information sheet, Kessler psychological distress scale by Kessler, Mroczek. in 1992 and Satisfaction with life scale by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, Griffin in 1985 were used for data collection. SPSS 21 was used to analyze the data.

resultsThere were 200 participants with age ranged from 53 to 89 years (M= 65.92, SD= 9.70). Of the total, 100 (50%) subjects were men and 100 (50%) were women. Significant gender differences were found in psychological distress, with men reflecting more symptoms of psychological distress (p<0.01), whereas non-significant gender differences were found in case of subjective well-being (p>0.05). Moreover, psychological distress was observed as a predictor of subjective well-being (

conclusionEarly diagnosis and rehabilitation of age-related hearing loss improves the overall quality of life of older adults living with hearing impairment.

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Hearing impairmentPsychological distressSubjective well-being

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PMID32968382
PMCPMC7501003
OpenAlexW3045003469

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