Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents’ mental health, Quality of Life and communication

BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 Comparison of DHH, HH and TH children's QoL (means and SD) based on multiply imputed data

		DHH		HH		TH (Jozefiak et al. [30])¹	DHH – TH³		HH – TH⁴
	n	M (SD)	n	M (SD)	n	M (SD)	95% CI	p	95% CI	p
ILC-NOR	59	21.89 (4.64)²	47	22.84 (3.97)	1987	22.23 (3.93)	-1.56 to .88	.580	-.57 to 1.79	.303
ILC-NSL	59	21.04 (4.80)²		N/A	1987	N/A	-2.45 to .07	.064	N/A	N/A
ILC-P	59	21.45 (4.65)²	47	22.96 (4.25)	2563	24.71 (2.98)	-4.48 to -2.04	< .001	-3.00 to -.50	.007

ILC: The Inventory of Life Quality in Children and Adolescents (ILC): QoL score (LQ0-28): range 0–28, 28 = high QoL
¹TH ILC QoL score from other authors community studies; Community sample self- (n = 1987) and parent-report (n = 2563), age range: 8 to 16; [30]
²No significant group differences based on linear regression analysis with QoL as dependent variable and group (DHH/HH) as independent variable. Regression analyses are adjusted for age and gender; analyses are based on multiple imputation
³ T-tests not assuming equal variances for differences between DHH and TH; TH data on the ILC-NOR were used for comparison with DHH children on the ILC-NOR and ILC-NSL
⁴ T-tests not assuming equal variances for differences between HH and TH
N/A – not applicable

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