TABLE 2.
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios concerning the relation between potential predictors and the 5-year uptake of HAs/HAT later from GEE analyses
| Potential predictor | Odds for the uptake of HAs/HAT* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||
| OR (Exp(β)) | 95% CI (for OR) | p | OR (Exp(β)) | 95% CI (for OR) | p | |
| Age | 1.02 | 0.10–1.05 | 0.118 | |||
| Sex (male) | 0.96 | 0.50–1.84 | 0.899 | |||
| Living situation (with others) | 1.98 | 0.86–4.53 | 0.107 | |||
| Marital status (married) | 2.13 | 1.05–4.35 | 0.037 | |||
| Educational level (low) | ||||||
| Mid | 2.62 | 0.82–8.35 | 0.103 | |||
| High | 1.99 | 0.66–6.05 | 0.225 | |||
| Speech recognition ability in noise | 1.12 | 1.00–1.25 | 0.050 | 1.03† | 0.90–1.18 | 0.624 |
| Self-reported hearing disability | 1.05 | 1.03–1.07 | <0.001 | |||
| Distress | 0.97 | 0.92–1.02 | 0.228 | |||
| Self-efficacy | 0.99 | 0.94–1.05 | 0.790 | |||
| Job control | 1.01 | 0.96–1.05 | 0.840 | |||
| Job demand | 1.03 | 0.98–1.10 | 0.260 | |||
| Job demandmale | 1.18‡ | 1.05–1.34 | 0.007 | |||
| Job demandfemale | 0.97 | 0.90–1.04 | 0.423 | |||
| NFR | 0.99 | 0.99–1.01 | 0.894 | |||
*
Five-year uptake of HAs/HAT = 1 (yes); 5-year uptake of HA/HAT = 0 (no; reference category).
†
Adjusted model for self-reported hearing disability.
‡
Interaction with sex significant (job demand × sex, p = 0.002).
HAs, hearing aids; HAT, hearing assistive technology; NFR, need for recovery; OR, odds ratio.