Assessing self-management of hearing impairment in older adults
Date
2017Author
Convery, Elizabeth
Meyer, C
Keidser, Gitte
Hickson, L
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To evaluate the capacity of a self-management assessment tool to identify unmet hearing health care (HHC) needs; to determine whether such an assessment yields novel and clinically useful information.
Design: Hearing loss self-management (HLSM) was assessed with the Partners in Health scale and the Cue and Response interview from the Flinders Chronic Condition Management Program™. The results of the scale and the interview were compared to determine the extent to which they each contributed to the assessment of HLSM..