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Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Abstract

Background and aim: The loss of hearing becomes precious when it is lacking, which makes it valuable. Hearing loss commonly affects functional ability and quality of life (QoL). Assessing the QoL in individuals with hearing loss helps with interventions and modifications of life habits. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the functional ability and QoL of adult patients with hearing loss and to find the correlation between functional ability and QoL. Materials and methods: Adult patients (132) aged between 19 and 70 were chosen, all experiencing sensorineural, conductive, or mixed hearing impairments ranging from moderate to profound severity. The data were gathered using a functional ability checklist and the WHO QoL-BREF scale. Results: Among 132 patients, 49.2% of the patients exhibited independent functional ability, while the majority of the patients, 43.2% were partially dependent with only 7.6% showing complete dependency in terms of their functional status. The patients with hearing loss had a higher QoL in the physical domain (M ± SD=73.4037 ± 1.2135) and lower QoL in the environmental domain (M ± SD=64.1098 ± 1.7257). Furthermore, there was a moderately positive correlation observed between the QoL scores in different domains and the functional ability scores. Conclusion: There was a significant positive relationship between domains of QoL and functional ability, suggesting that as functional ability improves, so does quality of life.

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