Importance of personality and coping expectancy on patient-reported hearing disability, quality of life and distress level: a study of patients referred to an audiology service
Abstract Purpose According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hearing loss (HL) affects up to 15% of the world’s adult population. Coping and personality are hypothesized to underlie quality of life (QoL) and distress scores. We aimed to study the importance of personality and coping in persons...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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Series: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-021-01802-z |