Quality of life in children with cochlear implants in Kazakhstan
Zhumabayev R. Zhumabayeva G. Kapanova G. Tulepbekova N. Akhmetzhan A. Grjibovski A.
December 2022BioMed Central Ltd
BMC Pediatrics
2022#22Issue 1
Background: Although cochlear implantation (CI) has been performed in Kazakhstan since 2007 little is known about quality of life of patients after CI. The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Kazakhstani children after CI. Methods: Altogether, 53 families with a child using a cochlear implant for at least 1 year participated in the study between July 20, 2019 and February 20, 2020 at the Audiological Сenter of Almaty, Kazakhstan. The parents/caregivers completed the “Children with Cochlear Implants: Parental Perspectives (CCIPP)” questionnaire. Results: ‘Well-being and happiness’ subdomain of the HRQoL yielded the highest ratings. ‘Communication’, ‘general functioning’, ‘self-reliance’, and ‘supporting the child’ subdomains each achieved significant (p < 0.01) associations with all HRQoL subdomains. There were positive correlations between language used by the parent who completed the questionnaire (Kazakh or Russian) and three HRQoL subdomains, including ‘well-being and happiness’, ‘supporting the child’ and ‘social relations’. Conclusion: Parents/caregivers reported high quality of life in all HRQoL subdomains. Further research in this area with more detailed socio-demographic and medical history data is required to identify quality of life predictors in children after cochlear implantation.
Children , Cochlear implantation , Kazakhstan , Quality of life
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Care, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Scientific Center of Anti-Infectious Drugs, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Department of audiology, City Clinical Hospital No. 5, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Medicine and Health Care
Kazakhstan Scientific Center of Anti-Infectious Drugs
Department of audiology
Northern State Medical University
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University
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