Table 3.
Hearing Loss Severity and Difficulty with Physical Functioning Domains Among Participants with Heart Failure
| Hearing Loss (HL) | Difficulty with Physical Functioning | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N, %) | Yes (N, %) | P-value | ||
| Activities of daily living (ADLs) | 94 | 86 | ||
| Mean (SD) | 36.7 (14.2) | 42.1 (15.3) | 0.03 | |
| Severity of HL | None | 18 (19%) | 9 (10%) | 0.02 |
| Mild | 38 (40%) | 20 (23%) | ||
| Moderate/Severe/Profound | 23 (24%) | 32 (37%) | ||
| Instrumental ADLs (IADLs) | 75 | 99 | ||
| Mean (SD) | 36.9 (15.3) | 40.4 (14.1) | 0.17 | |
| Severity of HL | None | 14 (19%) | 13 (13%) | 0.05 |
| Mild | 31 (41%) | 26 (26%) | ||
| Moderate/Severe/Profound | 17 (23%) | 36 (36%) | ||
| Lower extremity mobility (LEM) | 70 | 110 | ||
| Mean (SD) | 36.8 (13.4) | 40.5 (15.6) | 0.15 | |
| Severity of HL | None | 10 (14%) | 17 (15%) | 0.009 |
| Mild | 31 (44%) | 27 (24%) | ||
| Moderate/Severe/Profound | 14 (20%) | 41 (37%) | ||
| Leisure and social activities (LSA) | 91 | 89 | ||
| Mean (SD) | 37.7 (14.8) | 40.6 (14.9) | 0.24 | |
| Severity of HL | None | 18 (20%) | 9 (10%) | 0.19 |
| Mild | 31 (34%) | 27 (30%) | ||
| Moderate/Severe/Profound | 25 (27%) | 30 (34%) | ||
| General physical activities (GPA) | 34 | 146 | ||
| Mean (SD) | 37.9 (13.9) | 39.4 (15.1) | 0.63 | |
| Severity of HL | None | 5 (14.7%) | 22 (15.1%) | 0.09 |
| Mild | 17 (50.0%) | 41 (28.1%) | ||
| Moderate/Severe/Profound | 7 (20.6%) | 48 (32.9%) | ||
Notes: Hearing loss was defined by pure tone audiometric range (PTAR). Difficulty (yes/no) in physical domain defines as a response of some difficulty or more in at least one of the physical task questions within a domain. Missing hearing data per physical functioning domain: ADLs (22.1%), Instrumental ADLs (20.4%), LEM (22.1%), Leisure and Social (22.1%), General Physical Activities (22.1%).
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.