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Impact of Sensorineural Hearing Loss during the Pandemic of COVID-19 on the Appearance of Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety and Stress

Background. The incidence of hearing loss is constantly increasing and according to the World Health Organization, by 2050, 900 million people will suffer from hearing loss. The main Objective of the study was to determine the differences between the severity of the symptoms of stress, anxiety and d...

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Autores principales: Zivkovic Marinkov, Emilija M., Rancic, Natasa K., Milisavljevic, Dusan R., Stankovic, Milan D., Milosevic, Vuk D., Malobabic, Marina M., Popovic, Irena N., Ignjatovic, Aleksandra M., Bojanovic, Mila R., Stojanovic, Jasmina D.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208557
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58020233
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author Zivkovic Marinkov, Emilija M.
Rancic, Natasa K.
Milisavljevic, Dusan R.
Stankovic, Milan D.
Milosevic, Vuk D.
Malobabic, Marina M.
Popovic, Irena N.
Ignjatovic, Aleksandra M.
Bojanovic, Mila R.
Stojanovic, Jasmina D.
author_facet Zivkovic Marinkov, Emilija M.
Rancic, Natasa K.
Milisavljevic, Dusan R.
Stankovic, Milan D.
Milosevic, Vuk D.
Malobabic, Marina M.
Popovic, Irena N.
Ignjatovic, Aleksandra M.
Bojanovic, Mila R.
Stojanovic, Jasmina D.
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description Background. The incidence of hearing loss is constantly increasing and according to the World Health Organization, by 2050, 900 million people will suffer from hearing loss. The main Objective of the study was to determine the differences between the severity of the symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression in participants with varying degrees of sensorineural hearing loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. An additional aim was to examine the extent and manner in which protective face masks impact the communication of people with hearing loss. Matrials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, which included 160 patients (81 men and 79 women) with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The patients’ age range was 50 to 80 years. Depending on the degree of hearing loss or pure-tone threshold, the participants were divided into four groups: mild hearing loss, moderate hearing loss, severe hearing loss and profound hearing loss. The research used the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and a questionnaire in which the participants reported whether surgical face masks (medical three-layer masks) worn by speakers makes communication difficult, to what extent and in what way. Results: The average age of the patients was 67.97 ± 8.16. A significant correlation was found between the degree of hearing loss and communication difficulties caused by the use of protective face masks (p < 0.001). For patients with severe and profound hearing loss, communication is significantly more difficult (50.0% and 45.0% respectively) when the interlocutor wears a face mask. There is a significant correlation between the degree of hearing loss and the way in which communication is made more difficult when the interlocutor wears a face mask (p < 0.001). A statistically significant difference was determined between the degrees of hearing loss in all measured subscales: stress (p = 0.024), anxiety (p = 0.026) and depression (p = 0.016). Conclusions: We have determined that face masks used during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly hamper communication among the study groups (p = 0.007) and there is a significant correlation between the degree of sensorineural hearing loss and the presence of symptoms in all three DASS-21 subscales, meaning that the symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression were more intense in severe and profound hearing loss.
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spelling pubmed-88746182022-02-26 Impact of Sensorineural Hearing Loss during the Pandemic of COVID-19 on the Appearance of Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety and Stress Zivkovic Marinkov, Emilija M. Rancic, Natasa K. Milisavljevic, Dusan R. Stankovic, Milan D. Milosevic, Vuk D. Malobabic, Marina M. Popovic, Irena N. Ignjatovic, Aleksandra M. Bojanovic, Mila R. Stojanovic, Jasmina D. Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background. The incidence of hearing loss is constantly increasing and according to the World Health Organization, by 2050, 900 million people will suffer from hearing loss. The main Objective of the study was to determine the differences between the severity of the symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression in participants with varying degrees of sensorineural hearing loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. An additional aim was to examine the extent and manner in which protective face masks impact the communication of people with hearing loss. Matrials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, which included 160 patients (81 men and 79 women) with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The patients’ age range was 50 to 80 years. Depending on the degree of hearing loss or pure-tone threshold, the participants were divided into four groups: mild hearing loss, moderate hearing loss, severe hearing loss and profound hearing loss. The research used the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and a questionnaire in which the participants reported whether surgical face masks (medical three-layer masks) worn by speakers makes communication difficult, to what extent and in what way. Results: The average age of the patients was 67.97 ± 8.16. A significant correlation was found between the degree of hearing loss and communication difficulties caused by the use of protective face masks (p < 0.001). For patients with severe and profound hearing loss, communication is significantly more difficult (50.0% and 45.0% respectively) when the interlocutor wears a face mask. There is a significant correlation between the degree of hearing loss and the way in which communication is made more difficult when the interlocutor wears a face mask (p < 0.001). A statistically significant difference was determined between the degrees of hearing loss in all measured subscales: stress (p = 0.024), anxiety (p = 0.026) and depression (p = 0.016). Conclusions: We have determined that face masks used during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly hamper communication among the study groups (p = 0.007) and there is a significant correlation between the degree of sensorineural hearing loss and the presence of symptoms in all three DASS-21 subscales, meaning that the symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression were more intense in severe and profound hearing loss. MDPI 2022-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8874618/ /pubmed/35208557 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58020233 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rancic, Natasa K.
Milisavljevic, Dusan R.
Stankovic, Milan D.
Milosevic, Vuk D.
Malobabic, Marina M.
Popovic, Irena N.
Ignjatovic, Aleksandra M.
Bojanovic, Mila R.
Stojanovic, Jasmina D.
Impact of Sensorineural Hearing Loss during the Pandemic of COVID-19 on the Appearance of Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety and Stress
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title_short Impact of Sensorineural Hearing Loss during the Pandemic of COVID-19 on the Appearance of Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety and Stress
title_sort impact of sensorineural hearing loss during the pandemic of covid-19 on the appearance of depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208557
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58020233
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