Factors affecting quality of life in cochlear implant children in Ramathibodi hospital

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Published: Dec 1, 2018
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pediatric cochlear implant quality of life factors

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Wikallaya Keawsalubsri
Department of Communication Science and Disorders, Faculty of medicine Ramathibodi hospital
Krisna Lertsukprasert
Department of Communication Science and Disorders, Faculty of medicine Ramathibodi hospital
Sasivimol Rattanasiri
Section for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ramathibodi hospital

Abstract

Objective: To explore the quality of life (QOL) of the cochlear implant children and compared to QOL of normal children from previous study, and to identify the factors that affecting QOL in cochlear implant children in Ramathibodi hospital.


Methods: This study design was a cross sectional descriptive study. The participants in this study were the parents of cochlear implant children at Ramathibodi Hospital . They were interviewed by the use of the QOL questionnaire named Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL) – parent proxy report (Thai version). The descriptive statistics, one sample t-test, simple linear regression, and multiple regression analyses were applied to data analysis.


Results: There were 88 parents in this study. Mean of QOL score according to emotional, social, school functioning, psychosocial health summary score, and total summary score were 73.29, 70.79, 68.08, 70.70 and 76.05 points, respectively. There were significantly lower when compared to score of normal children (p≤0.05). While mean of the physical health summary score was 91.86 points, which was significantly higher when compared to normal children from previous study (p≤0.05). When considering factors that affecting total summary score of QOL in cochlear implant children in this study, there were multiple handicap and family support. Regarding multiple handicap, a cochlear implant children without multiple handicap had higher QOL score when compared to children with multiple handicap. Regarding family support, a cochlear implant children with above average family support had higher QOL when compared to children with no or minimal family support.


Conclusion: The QOL scores of cochlear implant children were significant lower than QOL score of normal children. The important factors that affected QOL in cochlear implant children include multiple handicap and family support.

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Keawsalubsri, W., Lertsukprasert, K., & Rattanasiri, S. (2018). Factors affecting quality of life in cochlear implant children in Ramathibodi hospital. Vajira Medical Journal : Journal of Urban Medicine, 62(6), 443–52. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/VMED/article/view/210872
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Vol. 62 No. 6 (2018): NOV - DEC 2018
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