None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a new online patient decision-support intervention for adults with hearing difficulties: HearChoice. HearChoice is a tool designed to help people understand what they can do to manage hearing difficulties and choose what option is best for them. HearChoice will help users understand what hearing loss is, why it's important to get help, what options are available to manage it, and how to get help. The goal of HearChoice is to help more people get the best help available for their hearing difficulties.
Interventions
HearChoice: an online, modular, patient decision-support intervention for adults with hearing loss. Participants will independently access HearChoice via their smartphone, tablet, or computer web browser by following a link. HearChoice is designed to provide a step-by-step guide to decision-making about hearing healthcare, including background information about hearing loss, the importance of management, and guidance about options. HearChoice is presented using written text, images, interactive
HearChoice: an online, modular, patient decision-support intervention for adults with hearing loss. Participants will independently access HearChoice via their smartphone, tablet, or computer web browser by following a link. HearChoice is designed to provide a step-by-step guide to decision-making about hearing healthcare, including background information about hearing loss, the importance of management, and guidance about options. HearChoice is presented using written text, images, interactive quizzes, and videos. HearChoice is designed so that participants can work through it at their own pace, and they may spend as little or long as they choose using HearChoice. Time spent on HearChoice will be monitored using website analytics. HearChoice will be made available to the participants for 3 months after they consent to participate, as we anticipate participants may wish to access the intervention more than once.
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
26 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
=/>26 years of age Currently residing in Australia Subjective experience of hearing difficulty Good understanding of English Access to computer, tablet or smartphone to navigate websites
Exclusion criteria
Current user of hearing aid(s)
Outcome results
None listed