Table 3.

Correlation of the study variables

Variable	Group	Correlation (r)	p value
HHIE-S*PTA	Users	0.49	< 0.02*
	Non-users	0.61	< 0.0001*
HHIE-S *WRS	Users	− 0.29	0.21
	Non-users	− 0.16	0.23
SAC*PTA	Users	0.50	0.02*
	Non-users	0.66	< 0.0001*
SAC *WRS	Users	− 0.15	0.52
	Non-users	− 0.09	0.48
GDS*PTA	Users	0.38	0.08
	Non-users	0.15	0.25
GDS *WRS	Users	0.16	0.51
	Non-users	− 0.10	0.47
HHIE-S*Age	Users	− 0.09	0.65
	Non-users	− 0.01	0.93
SAC*Age	Users	− 0.04	0.82
	Non-users	0.002	0.99
GDS*Age	Users	0.25	0.21
	Non-users	0.07	0.60
Duration of hearing aid use*HHIE-S	Users	0.61	0.003*
Duration of hearing aid use *SAC	Users	0.70	< 0.0001*
Duration of hearing aid use*GDS	Users	0.04	0.85
Daily hours of hearing aid use*HHIE-S	Users	− 0.22	0.25
Daily hours of hearing aid use*SAC	Users	− 0.06	0.76
Daily hours of hearing aid use*GDS	Users	− 0.23	0.24

*P ≤ 0.05