From: Coping with age-related hearing loss: patient-caregiver dyad effects on quality of life
Patients | Caregivers | ||
---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age, years | M ± SD | 71.4 ± 6.8 | 67.9 ± 11.4 |
m [IQR] | 70 [66–77] | 69 [63–76] | |
Gender | Woman | 204 (46) | 276 (62) |
Man | 242 (54) | 170 (38) | |
Education level | < 12 years | 200 (45) | 196 (44) |
≥ 12 years | 240 (55) | 247 (56) | |
Marital status | Single | 67 (15) | 48 (11) |
Couple | 379 (85) | 399 (89) | |
Professional status | Worker | 67 (15) | 84 (21) |
Not worker | 372 (85) | 360 (79) | |
Chronic diseasea | No | 223 (51) | 202 (46) |
Yes | 214 (49) | 236 (54) | |
Cancer | No | 374 (84) | 428 (97) |
Yes | 69 (16) | 72 (12) | |
Stroke | No | 425 (96) | 428 (97) |
Yes | 18 (4) | 14 (3) | |
Hearing severity | < 35 dB HL | 283 (70) | |
≥35 dB HL | 119 (30) |