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Long-term efficacy of audiologist-guided Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for tinnitus in the United States: A repeated-measures design
Anglia Ruskin Univ, England; Univ Colorado, CO USA; Univ Pretoria, CO USA; Anglia Ruskin Univ, England.
Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Psychology. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Anaesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology. Karolinska Inst, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4753-6745
Univ Colorado, CO USA; Univ Colorado Hosp, CO USA; Univ Pretoria, South Africa; Manipal Acad Higher Educ, India.
2022 (English)In: Internet Interventions, ISSN 2214-7829, Vol. 30, article id 100583Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Objectives: This study investigated the long-term outcomes 1-year after undertaking an Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) for tinnitus distress in a US population. Secondary aims were to identify the effects on additional difficulties associate with tinnitus and any unwanted events related to ICBT for tinnitus. Methods: A repeated-measures design with 4 time points was used. Participants previously undertaking two randomized ICBT efficacy trials for tinnitus in the US were invited to participate. Of the 200 invited, 132 (66 %) completed the 1-year follow-up questionnaire. The primary outcome was a change in tinnitus distress from baseline at one year post-intervention, as assessed by the Tinnitus Functional Index. Secondary assessment measures were included for anxiety, depression, insomnia, hearing disability, hyperacusis, tinnitus cognitions and health-related quality of life. Results: Undertaking ICBT for tinnitus led to significant improvements 1-year post-intervention for tinnitus severity, with a large effect size (d = 1.06; CI: 0.80 to 1.32). Medium effects were found for anxiety (d = 0.54; CI: 0.29 to 0.79), depression (d = 0.46; CI: 0.21 to 0.70), insomnia (d = 0.47; CI: 0.22 to 0.72), and tinnitus cognitions (d = 0.43, CI: 0.18 to 0.68). Small effect sizes were found for hearing disability, hyperacusis and healthrelated quality of life. Adverse events related to the intervention were only reported by 1 participant. Conclusions: The benefits of audiologist-guided ICBT for tinnitus and tinnitus-related difficulties were maintained 1-year post-intervention with very few adverse events reported. Ways of disseminate evidence-based easily accessible interventions to the general population with bothersome tinnitus should be sought.

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ELSEVIER , 2022. Vol. 30, article id 100583
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Tinnitus; Internet -intervention; Digital therapeutics; Teleaudiology; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Long-term outcomes
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-190325DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100583ISI: 000883047500002PubMedID: 36353148OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-190325DiVA, id: diva2:1716227
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Funding Agencies|National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); [R21DC017214]

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