RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEARING AND MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS

Published 30 April 2020 •  vol 1  •  no 1  • 


Authors:

 

Young-Ju Jee, Dept. of Nursing, Kyungnam University, Korea
Young-Sun Park, Dept. of Nursing, Kyungbok University, Korea

Abstract:

 

This is a descriptive survey study to investigate the relationship between mental health variables and the degree of hearing, using raw data from the 7th NHNES, in the population in their 40s and over when the hearing loss occurs generally. Of the total 8,127 data, only 4,197 data from those who were subjected to hearing test, aged 40 years or older, and responded to the study variables without any omission were included in the analysis. The general characteristics, average daily sleep time during weekdays, perceived level of usual stress, presence of depressed feeling for two consecutive weeks, quality of life(EQ-5D), and degree of hearing of subjects were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients with the SPSS 20.0 program. The results showed that the degree of hearing scored 1.22±0.52 and had significant association with average daily sleep time (r=.068, p<.001), level of depressed feeling for two consecutive weeks (r=-0.062, p<.001), quality of life (EQ-5D)(r=-0.236, p<.001). These results suggested the necessity of development and application of intervention program for the improvement of sleep, depressed feeling, and quality of life in populations with hearing problems.

Keywords:

 

Sleep, Stress, Depression, Quality of life, Hearing

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Citations:

 

APA:
Jee, Y.-J., & Park, Y.-S. Relationship between Hearing and Mental Health Factors. Journal of Community Healthcare and Development (JCHD), ISSN: 2652-6026, NADIA, 1(1), 19-24. doi: 10.33832/jchd.2020.1.1.04.

MLA:
Jee, Young-Ju, et al. “Relationship between Hearing and Mental Health Factors.” Journal of Community Healthcare and Development, ISSN: 2652-6025, NADIA, vol. 1, no. 1, 2020, pp. 1-14. JCHD, http://article.nadiapub.com/JCHD/vol1_no1/4.html.

IEEE:
[1] Y.-Ju Jee, and Y.-S. Park, "Relationship between Hearing and Mental Health Factors." Journal of Community Healthcare and Development (JCHD), ISSN: 2652-6025, NADIA, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 19-24, Apr 2020.