Satisfaction and speech perception were frequent secondary outcomes .
There was diversity in measures used to report patient outcomes .
Outcome categories other than patient health status and behavior were rarely reported .
This review has highlighted considerable diversity in patient-reported outcome measurements in r and omized control trials in the context of adult auditory rehabilitation .
OBJECTIVES This review documented the range and nature of reported outcome measures in the context of adult auditory rehabilitative research .
Rehabilitative online education versus internet discussion group for hearing aid users: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND By using the Internet in the audiological rehabilitation process , it might be possible in a cost-effective way to include additional rehabilitation components by informing and guiding hearing aid users about such topics as communication strategies , hearing tactics , and how to h and le hearing aids . PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of an online education program for adult experienced hearing aid users including professional guidance by an audiologist and compare it with the effects of participation in an online discussion forum without any professional contact . RESEARCH DESIGN A r and omized controlled study with two groups of participants . Repeated measures at pre study , immediate follow-up , and a 6 mo follow-up . STUDY SAMPLE Fifty-nine experienced hearing aid users participated in the study , ranging in age from 24 to 84 yr ( mean 63.5 yr ) . INTERVENTION The intervention group ( N = 29 ) underwent a five-week rehabilitative online education in which activities for each week included information , tasks , and assignments , and contact with a professional audiologist was included . The participants in the control group ( N = 30 ) were referred to an online discussion forum without any audiologist contact . DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS A set of question naires administered online were used as outcome measures : ( 1 ) Hearing H and icap Inventory for the Elderly , ( 2 ) International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids , ( 3 ) Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life , and ( 4 ) Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale . RESULTS Significant improvements measured by the Hearing H and icap Inventory for the Elderly were found in both groups of participants , and the effects were maintained at the 6 mo follow-up . The results on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale showed that the participants in the intervention group showed reduced symptoms of depression immediately/6 mo after the intervention . At the 6 mo follow-up participants in the control group reported fewer symptoms of anxiety than they did before the intervention started . CONCLUSIONS This study provides preliminary evidence that the Internet can be used to deliver education to experienced hearing aid users who report residual hearing problems such that their problems are reduced by the intervention . The study also suggests that online discussion forums could be used in rehabilitation . A combination of online professional supervised education and online informal discussion s could be a promising rehabilitation tool
Satisfaction and speech perception were frequent secondary outcomes .
There was diversity in measures used to report patient outcomes .
Outcome categories other than patient health status and behavior were rarely reported .
This review has highlighted considerable diversity in patient-reported outcome measurements in r and omized control trials in the context of adult auditory rehabilitation .
OBJECTIVES This review documented the range and nature of reported outcome measures in the context of adult auditory rehabilitative research .