Baseline predictors of clinically important HUI3 gains
In Table 3 we present the results of the factor analysis of baseline variables on the bivariate outcome for less than or greater than a 0.1-point gain in HUI3 score.
Subjects unable to use the telephone preoperatively were one-and-a-half times more likely to obtain ≥0.1 gain in HUI3 scores (odds ratio OR 1.47); those reporting difficulty to be understood by strangers or worse twice as likely (OR 2.27); and those reporting being unhappy or worse two-and-a-half times more likely (OR 2.53). There was no effect of age, sex or duration of deafness.
TABLE 3 HERE