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. 2024 Nov 5;39:100921. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100921

Table 3.

Quality of life and social performance outcomes at 20 years according to auditory functional diagnosis at 20 years.

Variables Normal audition N = 451 Uni/bilateral deafness N = 40 pa Adjusted pb
Active worker n/N (%) 325/442 (73.5) 25/40 (62.5) 0.13
Studying and working n/N (%) 99/442 (22.4) 6/40 (15.0) 0.28
Attachment score (IPPA) P50 (min- max) 63.0 (9–87) 59.50 (31.0–81.0) 0.16
Self-esteem score P50 (min- max) 32 (14–40) 31.5 (24–38) 0.23
Percentile self-perceived depression score (DSM) P50 (min- max) 62.0 (50.0–99.0) 76.0 (50.0–99.0) 0.019c 0.11
Percentile score depression perception parents (ABCL) P50 (min- max) 76.0 (50.0–99.0) 79.0 (50.0–98.0) 0.74
Percentile best friend depression score (ABCL) P50 (min- max) 58.0 (50.0–100.0) 67.0 (50.0–99.0) 0.08
Victim of school violence n/N (%) 132/448 (29.5) 11/40 (27.5) 0.79
Smoker n/N (%) 98/449 (21.8) 12/40 (30) 0.041c 0.28
Psychoactive drug use n/N (%) 46/451 (10.2) 0 0.024c 0.18
Alcohol consumption n/N (%)
 ≤ 1 time per week 349/364 (95.9) 29/33 (87.9) 0.06
 >1 time per week 15/364 (4.1) 4/33 (12.1)
Has considered suicide in the last 12 months n/N (%) 39/449 (8.7) 7/40 (17.5) 0.07
Attempted suicide n/N (%) 24/37 (64.9) 4/7 (57.1) 0.69
Social risk in the near environment p50 (min, max) 11 (7–12) 11 (8–12) 0.76

Tables were based on retrospective data. There are different denominators according to data available during follow-up. Sometimes patients didn’t attend follow up.

IPPA, Inventory of Parental-Peer Attachment. P50, percentile 50(median). ABCL, Adult Behaviour Checklist.

a

Chi2 or Fisher’s exact test was used for qualitative variables and Mann Whitney or Student’s t-test for quantitative variables, according to the distribution of each variable in the comparison groups.

b

Family-Wise Error Rate (FWER) correction for unadjusted significant values of p.

c

p < 0.05.