title: Health status of hearing-impaired children and adolescents.
abstract: This descriptive study was conducted to identify factors that affect the general health status of hearing-impaired children and adolescents aged 6-18. One hundred six hearing-impaired students were sampled from two primary schools and a high school in Izmir, Turkey. The data were collected utilizing the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). Children and adolescents' physical health mean score and psychological health mean score were M = 47.4 ± 10.2 and M = 49.4 ± 9.5, respectively. Statistically significant differences in health status were found between the categories of age, mother's educational level and economic status of the family. The general health status of children and adolescents was found to be positive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Health, Muğla University, Mugla, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirman
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yildirim Sari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006304:Health Status; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey