<![CDATA[Prevalensi presbikusis sebesar 30-35% di antara orang berusia 65-75 tahun di Indonesia. Presbikusis mengganggu komunikasi dan memengaruhi kualitas hidup penderitanya. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan antara gangguan pendengaran dan kualitas hidup penderita presbikusis di RSUD Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie Kota Pontianak. Penelitian analitik dilakukan dengan pendekatan potong lintang. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 39 orang. Kualitas hidup pada penelitian ini diukur dengan kuesioner HHIE-S (Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening). Analisis data dengan uji Kendall’s tau c menunjukkan p value = 0,0000 dan nilai korelasi sebesar 0,675. Terdapat korelasi kuat antara gangguan pendengaran dan kualitas hidup penderita presbikusis di RSUD Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie Pontianak tahun 2019. The prevalence of presbycusis among 65-75 year-olds in Indonesia is 30-35%. Presbycusis will reduce their communication ability and impact their quality of life. This study aimed to determine the correlation between degree of hearing loss and quality of life among presbycusis patients at RSUD Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie. Thirty nine subjects were included in this analytical cross-sectional study. The quality of life was measured using the HHIE-S (Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening) questionnaire. Kendall’s tau c analysis resulted in p value = 0.0000 and correlation coefficient was 0.675. Severity of hearing loss is strongly related to quality of life among presbycusis patients at RSUD Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie in Pontianak in 2019.]]>
