Effects of auditory and socio-demographic variables on discontinuation of hearing aid use among older adults with hearing loss fitted in the Chilean public health sector

Table 5 Estimations of effect (i.e. Hazard Ratio) of self-perceived general state of health along with audiological variables on discontinuation of hearing aid use

	Univariate^a Hazard Ratio (95%CI)	Adjusted^a,b Hazard Ratio (95%CI)
Self-Perceived general state of health	1.44 (1.08–1.92)*	0.98 (0.72–1.33)
Auditory disability (S-AIADH average score)	0.75 (0.52–1.07)
Do you think you hear normally in both ears?	2.13 (1.24–3.66)**	2.62 (1.44–4.78)***
Can you watch a TV programme at a volume that is acceptable to others?	0.78 (0.49–1.26)
Can you have a conversation with three or more people?	0.73 (0.46–1.15)
Pure tone threshold average in the fitted ear	0.96 (0.93–1.00)
Are you happy with your hearing aid?
Very satisfied	Reference	Reference
Rather satisfied	3.07 (1.41–6.70)**	2.39 (1.06–5.36)*
Rather dissatisfied	6.17 (2.77–13.74)***	6.55 (2.91–14.74)***
Very dissatisfied	17.18 (8.36–35.30)***	20.86 (9.43–46.15)***

^aIn the case of ordinal variables, overall significance was measured using the Wald Test
^bCompletely adjusted model, which includes age, gender, self-perceived general state of health and hearing problems, satisfaction with the hearing aid and income quintiles
Statistically significant effects are highlighted in bold: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001

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