Interação do lúpus eritematoso sistêmico com perda auditiva

Abstract

Main objective: Identify interaction of systemic lupus erythematosus with hearing loss. Methodology: cross-sectional, descriptive, field research, with a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 36 participants aged between 18 and 50 years, who had systemic lupus erythematosus and were undergoing drug treatment and who freely expressed their interest in participating in the study. Of these 36 (100%) who answered the online questionnaire, 6 were excluded for being older than that proposed in the inclusion criterion, which was to be up to 50 years of age. The sample consisted of 30 (100%) participants, 29 (96.7%) were female and 1 (3.3%), male. These guardians answered an online questionnaire with objective questions related to the sociodemographic profile, use of drugs, hearing loss, vestibular symptoms and difficulty in understanding speech. The collected data were analyzed from the tabulation offered in percentage, by the Google Forms platform. Results: Of the 30 (100%) participants, 17 (56%) indicated that they noticed some hearing problem after the diagnosis of the disease. As for feeling dizzy, 23 (77%) said they felt it, even if it was sometimes, and 21 (70%) had headaches that sometimes made it difficult to perform activities of daily living. Conclusion: It is possible to research the interaction of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with hearing loss. Hearing loss, dizziness and headaches were mentioned by an expressive number of participants. It is possible to identify an association between SLE and hearing loss, but not with the use of drugs.