Effects of the Swedish Internet-based Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE) in FTU

NCT ID: NCT05815667

Last Updated: 2025-02-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 63 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-16

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Hearing Impairment

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Intervention group

I-ACE. All participants are offered the I-ACE programme for the duration of 5 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The swedish I-ACE consists of five modules with different themes, all with sections of information alternated with reflective tasks. The participants are assigned one module each week and provided with weekly feedback from a health care professional on their work, before being assigned the next module.

Control group

Waiting list.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE)

The swedish I-ACE consists of five modules with different themes, all with sections of information alternated with reflective tasks. The participants are assigned one module each week and provided with weekly feedback from a health care professional on their work, before being assigned the next module.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 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.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who have participated in Active Communication Education prior.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Horselvarden Region Ostergotland

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Hörselvården Region Östergötland

Linköping, , Sweden

Countries

Sweden

Other Identifiers

IAK RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id