Evaluating the Effects of Information Leaflets in Adult Aural Rehabilitation

NCT ID: NCT05936320

Last Updated: 2023-07-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

61 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-02-25

Study Completion Date

2022-05-16

Brief Summary

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Knowledge about how to manage hearing aids is an important factor in hearing aid success, but studies show that this knowledge ranges from good to poor, even among experienced adult hearing aid users. Information leaflets is a common tool in healthcare to give information with the purpose to increase theoretical knowledge and change behaviour, and illustrations in these leaflets can provide additional understanding for all kinds of patients.

The primary aim of this aural rehabiliation study was to evaluate participants' knowledge about placement in a noisy environment, directional microphone and telecoil function at baseline and postintervention and assessing their perceptions of the benefits of an information leaflet. Additional aim was to investigate whether, an information leaflet with illustrations and accompanying text about hearing aid functions have additional effects on participants' knowledge compared to an information leaflet without illustrations.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hearing Impairment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

Verbal information along with information leaflets containing text with illustrations about hearing aid functions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Information leaflets with illustrations about hearing aid functions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The information leaflet contains written information with simple illustrations about placement in noisy environments, how to use a telecoil and about directional microphones function in hearing aids. The time spent presenting the information leaflet was approximately ten minutes.

Control group

Verbal information along with information leaflets containing text-only about hearing aid functions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Information leaflets with only text about hearing aid functions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The information leaflet contains written information about placement in noisy environments, how to use a telecoil and about directional microphones function in hearing aids. The time spent presenting the information leaflet was approximately ten minutes.

Interventions

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Information leaflets with illustrations about hearing aid functions

The information leaflet contains written information with simple illustrations about placement in noisy environments, how to use a telecoil and about directional microphones function in hearing aids. The time spent presenting the information leaflet was approximately ten minutes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information leaflets with only text about hearing aid functions

The information leaflet contains written information about placement in noisy environments, how to use a telecoil and about directional microphones function in hearing aids. The time spent presenting the information leaflet was approximately ten minutes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults (18-80 years old) with hearing aids from 2012 or later

Exclusion Criteria

* Hearing aids without possibility to have activated directional microphones and telecoil
* non-swedish speaking (e.g. need interpreter)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Horselvarden Region Ostergotland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marie Öberg

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Horselvarden Region Ostergotland

Locations

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Hearing Clinic of the University Hospital Region Ostergotland

Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

Other Identifiers

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Bildstöd

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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