Use of the ‘patient journey’ model in the internet-based pre-fitting counseling of a person with hearing disability: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Thomas Lunner¹  Jerker Rönnberg⁴  Gerhard Andersson³  Dafydd Stephens²  Vinaya KC Manchaiah⁴ 

[1] Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, 20 Rørtangvej, DK-3070, Snekkersten, Denmark;Department of Psychological Medicine & Neurology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, United Kingdom;Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Department of Behavioral Science and Learning, Linköping University, SE-58183, Linköping, Sweden

关键词: Internet;    Audiological rehabilitation;    Counseling;    Patient journey;    Hearing disability;    Hearing impairment;    Hearing loss;   

Others  :  1094893
DOI  :  10.1186/1745-6215-14-25

 received in 2012-06-22, accepted in 2013-01-04,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Hearing impairment is one of the most frequent chronic conditions. Persons with a hearing impairment (PHI) have various experiences during their ‘journey’ through hearing loss. In our previous studies we have developed a ‘patient journey’ model of PHI and their communication partners (CPs). We suggest this model could be useful in internet-based pre-fitting counseling of a person with hearing disability (PHD).

Methods/Design

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) with waiting list control (WLC) design will be used in this study. One hundred and fifty eight participants with self-reported hearing disability (that is, score >20 in the Hearing Handicap Questionnaire (HHQ)) will be recruited to participate in this study. They will be assigned to one of two groups (79 participants in each group): (1) Information and counseling provision using the ‘patient journey’ model; and (2) WLC. They will participate in a 30 day (4 weeks) internet-based counseling program based on the ‘patient journey’ model. Various outcome measures which focuses on hearing disability, depression and anxiety, readiness to change and acceptance of hearing disability will be administered pre (one week before) and post (one week and six months after) intervention to evaluate the effectiveness of counseling.

Discussion

Internet-based counseling is being introduced as a viable option for audiological rehabilitation. We predict that the ‘patient journey’ model will have several advantages during counseling of a PHD. Such a program, if proven effective, could yield cost and time-efficient ways of managing hearing disability.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Registration System NCT01611129.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Manchaiah et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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