Publications by authors named "Anthony Marcotti"
Objective: We assessed the interaction between self-efficacy and joint problems and self-efficacy and visual problems on the risk of hearing aid abandonment in older adults.
Design: A retrospective cohort study comprising older adults who received hearing aids in Chile was conducted. Hearing aid self-efficacy was measured using the S-MARS-HA questionnaire, while joint and visual problems were assessed through self-reported questions.
Article Synopsis
- Hearing loss in older adults negatively impacts both general health-related quality of life and disease-specific quality of life, often persisting even with the use of hearing aids.
- Active Communication Education (ACE) is a promising group communication program that aims to enhance communication skills and reduce limitations associated with hearing loss, potentially improving overall quality of life.
- A study involving 114 older adult hearing aid users found that those who participated in the ACE program showed significant improvements in various quality of life dimensions, particularly in social relationships and environmental factors, compared to those who received standard informational lectures.
Background: Access to audiology services for older adults residing in sparsely populated regions is often limited compared to those in central urban areas. The geographic accessibility to follow-up care, particularly the influence of distance, may contribute to an increased risk of hearing aid abandonment.
Objective: To assess the association between the home-to-healthcare-calibration-center distance and hearing aid abandonment among older adults fitted in the Chilean public health system.
Unlabelled: Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is a cognitive screening that evaluates older people with low educational levels. In Chile, there are no normative data to assess this population.
Objective: To obtain normative data on RUDAS in older Chilean people with up to 12 years of schooling, and to determine whether age and schooling years influence a person's performance on RUDAS and on the items that constitute it.
To adapt the Active Communication Education (ACE) programme into Spanish. In addition, this study aimed at determining the effects of the adapted ACE programme on the social/emotional impacts of hearing loss and hearing functioning in a group of older adults with hearing loss who do not wear hearing aids. This was an exploratory cohort study.
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