Atendimento domiciliar ao indivíduo idoso novo usuário de aparelhos de amplificação sonora

• Autor(a) principal: Dantas, Carolina Morato Façanha Bandeira
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12248
• topic: Atendimento domiciliar; Deficiência auditiva; Auxiliares de audição; Aparelhos auditivos; Idoso surdo; Idosos -- Cuidados no lar; Homecare; Hearing impairment; Hearing aids; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FONOAUDIOLOGIA

This research had as objective to describe, apply and verify the effectiveness of a homecare program for elderly patients, new hearing aid wearers, taking into account the family and/or caretaker s influence during the fitting process. Method: The study had a design based on quantitative-qualitative, descriptive and exploratory perspective. Ten elderly subjects, candidates for hearing aid use who were unable to be seen at the clinic, thus needing homecare, took part from the study. The subjects were divided in two groups: Group I Experimental Group: the subjects had a caretaker/ family member to meet their needs; and Group II Control Group: subjects who did not have caretaker/family member. A questionnaire: The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) prepared by Cox and Alexander (2002) was applied at the 4th homecare program session. In order to complement the program s evaluation, a question was made to all subjects: What the homecare service meant to you? Results: There was no statistically significant association (p<0.05) between having a caretaker and achieving a higher score at the questionnaire. All subjects attributed positive scores at the questionnaire, and the answer to the question showed a high degree of satisfaction with their hearing aids. Conclusion: The homecare program developed for this study was applied and it was effective, revealing also that the results of its application are independent on the family/caretaker s influence