Health-related quality of life in South-African children who use cochlear implants

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dc.contributor.advisor Le Roux, Talita
dc.contributor.coadvisor Vinck, Bart M.
dc.contributor.postgraduate Brewis, Bianca
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-25T07:46:23Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-25T07:46:23Z
dc.date.created 2019-09-01
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.description Dissertation (MA) -University of Pretoria, 2018. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract The aim of this study was to describe health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes of school-going pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients in a South African cohort from the perspectives of parents and to relate parental ratings of HRQoL to a range of demographic variables. Parents of school-going CI recipients completed the Children with Cochlear Implants: Parental Perspectives (CCIPP) CI specific HRQoL questionnaire. The effect of different demographic variables on HRQoL outcomes was also determined. The study sample included 54 parents of school-going (mean age = 12.2 years; 3.6 SD; range = 6.6-18.3 years) CI recipients with at least six months CI experience. Children’s communication and general functioning with a CI received the most positive parental ratings. A number of statistically significant associations between HRQoL outcomes and demographic variables have been confirmed. A mainstream educational setting was associated with better HRQoL outcomes in terms of communication and education, while pre-lingual onset of deafness was associated with better HRQoL outcomes in terms of general functioning and well-being. Shorter duration of deafness and unilateral implantation were associated with higher parental ratings for self-reliance and well-being respectively. Longer duration of CI use was linked to better ratings for general functioning, while shorter duration of CI use was linked to improved ratings for effects of implantation. Parents assigned positive ratings to their child’s HRQoL. This exploration of children’s HRQoL related to their CIs contributes to evidence-based pediatric CI services that support optimal psychosocial outcomes. en_ZA
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dc.description.degree MA en_ZA
dc.description.department Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Brewis, B 2018, Health-related quality of life in South-African children who use cochlear implants, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68698> en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68698
dc.language.iso en_US en_ZA
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
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dc.subject cochlear implant en_ZA
dc.subject health-related quality of life
dc.subject outcomes
dc.subject parents
dc.subject pediatric cochlear implantation
dc.subject UCTD
dc.title Health-related quality of life in South-African children who use cochlear implants en_ZA
dc.type Dissertation en_ZA


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