Effects of the Swedish Internet-based Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE) in First Time Hearing Aid Users: a Randomised Controlled Trial.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 63
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Communication and Acceptance Scale (CAS)
研究概览
简要总结
Hearing impairment affects the ability to communicate, which can adversely affect both mental and physical health. The most common used rehabilitation method in hearing impairment is hearing aid fitting. Even with optimally fitted hearing aids, many struggle to hear in situations with difficult listening conditions. Active Communication Education (ACE) is an interactive group rehabilitation programme aiming to help those with hearing loss communicate more effectively using communication strategies to cope better in everyday life. An Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE) distributed digitally could enable those unable to get to the hearing care facility, or don't want to join the group sessions to benefit from the programme.
This project aims to investigate the effects of the swedish digital version of the I-ACE in first time hearing aid users.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Adults >20 years old who have been fitted with hearing aids for the first time (first time users) 6 - 12 months prior.
- •Computer experience and access to computer, tablet and/or smartphone with internet access.
- •Access to BankID or equivalent.
排除标准
- •Those who have participated in Active Communication Education prior.
结局指标
主要结局
Communication and Acceptance Scale (CAS)
时间窗: Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.
Assessing changes in use of communication strategies and the emotional consequences, knowledge and acceptance of hearing loss. Minimum 18 points to maximum 90. Higher score indicates a lower impact of the hearing loss.
次要结局
- Communication Strategies Scale (CSS)(Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.)
- The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE)(Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.)
- The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA)(Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.)
- The International Outcome Inventory for Alternative Interventions (IOI-AI)(Directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.)