Evaluating the Revised WORQ in CI Users

Evaluating the Revised Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire in Cochlear Implant Users

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04602780

Enrollment

177

Registered

2020-10-26

Start date

2019-09-04

Completion date

2020-07-13

Last updated

2020-10-28

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Conditions

Hearing Loss

Keywords

Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, Cochlear Implantation

Brief summary

The Work Related Questionnaire (WORQ) is a 59-item questionnaire of which each item represents an International Classification of Functioning and disability category. The WORQ was modified and reduced to include only questions relevant to Cochlear Implant (CI) users. In this analysis, a multicentre retrospective review of the revised WORQ in CI users was performed, with the revised WORQ as part of the questionnaires used in the regular clinical follow-up of CI users. Experienced CI users' responses on the questions will be evaluated to define the qualifiers for the revised WORQ.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Adults over the age of 18 years * Adults must wear a MED-EL cochlear implant * Adults may have the following hearing indications and device fitting: * Unilateral cochlear implant with severe-to-profound hearing loss * Bilateral cochlear implant with severe-to-profound hearing loss * Single sided deafness (SSD) where the poorer ear PTA ≥70 dB HL and the better ear PTA ≤30 dB HL with an interaural threshold gap of ≥40 dB HL. * Asymmetrical hearing loss using a cochlear implant in the poorer ear and a hearing aid in the better ear (also known as bimodal fitting). The poorer ear PTA ≥70 dB HL and the better ear PTA \>30 dB HL and ≤55 dB HL with an interaural threshold gap of ≥15 dB HL. * Adults should have a minimum of one year's device experience

Exclusion criteria

No extra

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Completion of the WORQ questionnaire	One test interval, at least one year after Cochlear Implantation	Part 1: Work situation and educational background of participants * School education * Remunerative employment Part 2: Daily life functioning of participants * Emotional functions * Vestibular functions * Carrying out daily routine * Stress * Conversation * Communication devices and techniques * Tinnitus and dizziness * Community life * Family relationships Part I addresses demographics and relevant background information. In Part 2, participants have to rate to what extent they had problems with a certain task or activity in the last week based on a numerical scale ranging from 0 (no problem) to 10 (complete problem). Each individual WORQ item is linked to an ICF qualifier, which is a numerical code that specifies the extent or magnitude of functioning or disability in that ICF category or the extent to which a contextual factor is a facilitator or barrier.

Countries

Australia, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Spain

Outcome results