Health Educational Program for Students with Hearing Impairment and Deafness regarding their Quality of Life

Ramadan Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Asmaa; Sadek Abd El-Hameed, Howyida; Said Sabry, Samah; Fathy Mohy Eldeen, Hedya

doi:10.21608/jnsbu.2023.274782

Health Educational Program for Students with Hearing Impairment and Deafness regarding their Quality of Life

Document Type : Scientific peer reviewed journal

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¹ Assistant lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

² Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.274782

Abstract

Background: Hearing impairment is diminished acuity to sounds which would otherwise be
heard normally and deafness is inability to understand speech even in the presence of amplification.
Aim of study: Was to evaluate health educational program for students with hearing impairment and
deafness regarding their quality of life. Research design: A quasi experimental design was utilized in
this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Al -Amal School for Mute and Deafness in Benha City.
The sample: All hearing impaired and deaf students were included in the study; total sample included
100 students with age group 14-19 years. Tools: I): A structured interviewing questionnaire which
consists of three parts to assess a): Socio- demographic characteristics b): Students' knowledge
regarding hearing impairment and deafness disease c): Reported practices of the students. II): Scale to
measure the attitude of students toward hearing impairment and deafness, and III): Scale to measure
quality of life of students with hearing impairment and deafness. Results: 67% of studied students had
good knowledge while 96% of the studied students had satisfactory practices, 71% of them had positive
attitudes and 57% of studied students had good quality of life post program. There were positive highly
statistically significant correlations between studied students' total attitudes score and their total
knowledge score & statistically significant correlation between the studied students' total practices
scores and their total knowledge score pre-program. There were positive statistically significant
correlations between the studied students' total attitudes score, total practices score and total knowledge
score also, there were positive statistically significant correlations between total practices score, total
attitudes score and total quality of life score post program. Conclusion: Health educational program
succeeded to improve knowledge, practices, attitudes and quality of life of studied students with hearing
impairment and deafness. Recommendations: Continuous application of health educational programs
for students with hearing impairment and deafness to enhance students` knowledge, practices, attitudes
and quality of life.

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