Presbycusis, an age-related hearing disorder, affects communication, psychosocial functioning, and quality of life. Because its management requires long-term engagement with rehabilitation and medication routines, psychological factors such as personality traits and coping styles may influence treatment adherence....
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Discussion
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Audiologists should consider assessing personality traits and coping styles when counseling presbycusis patients, as these factors appear to mediate treatment adherence — though cross-sectional design limits causal inference.
Identifying psychosocial predictors of hearing-aid adherence in older adults could improve rehabilitation outcomes and inform more personalised counselling frameworks in audiology practice.
- 01Cross-sectional study in adults with presbycusis (age-related hearing loss) examining treatment adherence drivers.
- 02Personality traits influence adherence both directly and indirectly through coping style.
- 03Coping style acts as a mediating variable between personality and treatment adherence.
- 04Cross-sectional design prevents establishing cause-and-effect relationships.
- 05Findings suggest potential for personality-informed counselling to improve hearing aid uptake and use.
Personality traits predict treatment adherence in adults with presbycusis, partly mediated by coping styles.
studypartially supportedCoping styles mediate the relationship between personality traits and hearing loss treatment adherence.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42548975
- DOI
- 10.1002/hsr2.72955.
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 3
- Population
- Adults with presbycusis (age-related hearing loss)
- Intervention
- Assessment of personality traits and coping styles as predictors of treatment adherence
Primary outcomes
Treatment adherence in presbycusis patients; Mediating role of coping styles between personality traits and adherence