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Components analysis of stepped-care CBT for tinnitus: group vs individual treatment effetcs

Completed
Conditions
Chronic tinnitus
Registration Number
NL-OMON23156
Lead Sponsor
Maastricht University Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
6
Inclusion Criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a person must meet all of the following criteria. That is they must:
•Be primarily seeking treatment/help for difficulties caused by subjective tinnitus
•Be at least 18 years of age
•Have at least moderate tinnitus related distress (i.e. TQ score > 30)

Exclusion Criteria

A potential participant who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
•Severe depression or anxiety as measured by Dutch version of DASS-21.
•Any person who discloses current suicidal intent.
•Currently or undertaken any treatment for tinnitus (e.g. CBT, tinnitus retraining therapy ) within the previous 5 years (including the aforementioned RCT)
•Potential participant has reported to have commenced or ceased a course of antidepressants [i.e. selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs); selective serotonin and norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitors (SNRIs); atypical antidepressants, tricyclic antidepressants, or monoamine oxidase inhibitors], antipsychotics [Aripiprazole (Abilify), Asenapine (Saphris), Brexpiprazole (Rexulti), Cariprazine (Vraylar), Clozapine (Clozaril), Iloperidone (Fanapt), Lurasidone (Latuda), Olanzapine (Zyprexa), Paliperidone (Invega), Quetiapine (Seroquel), Risperidone (Risperdal), Ziprasidone (Geodon), Haloperidol], anxioltytics [beta blockers, benzodiazepines], Ritalin, hormone replacement therapy, or medication to lower high blood pressure (i.e. thiazide diuretics, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, renin inhibitors] within the previous 3 months.
•Currently receiving psychological or any other kind of therapy addressing psychological, social, emotional, and or behavioural problems
•Unable to read and write fluently in Dutch
•Commenced the use of a hearing aid in the previous 3 months
•Has hearing loss greater than 40dB in one or both ears
•Having previously participated in a study from this project.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tinnitus disability as measured through daily diaries and ecological momentary assessments.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tinnitus Functional Inventory (TFI)
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