Assessing memory in older adults in hearing aid appointments
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Hearing lossEar, Nose and Throat
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN12354959
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients aged 65 years and older
2. Patients attending Royal National Ear Nose and Throat Hospital hearing aid clinics
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who lack the capacity to consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of cognitive assessments completed measured as the percentage of patients completing the cognitive assessment out of the total number approached for the study at their initial Royal National Ear Nose and Throat Hospital hearing aid clinic appointment (baseline)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Impact, defined as follow-on actions regarding onward care of cognitive impairment, assessed at a 3-month remote follow-up appointment <br>2. Practicality, defined as the amount of training required for staff to perform cognitive assessments (assessed by the research team at the training session for clinical audiologists, prior to baseline visit), and staff and space allocation and duration of cognitive assessments (assessed by the research team at the initial Royal National Ear Nose and Throat Hospital hearing aid clinic appointment; baseline visit)<br>3. Acceptability, defined as the experience of the patient, accompanying person, and hearing clinician, including reasons for agreeing to the assessment, views on the assessment process, outcome and follow-on actions, and impact on the operation of hearing aid clinics, explored through semi-structured qualitative interviews, after completion of the 3-month remote follow-ups