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eHealth parent education for hearing aid management: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
- Source :
- International Journal of Audiology; 2021 Supplement, Vol. 60, pS42-S48, 7p, 2 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Parents frequently experience challenges implementing daily routines important for consistent hearing aid management. Education that supports parents in learning new information and gaining confidence is essential for intervention success. We conducted a pilot study to test an eHealth program to determine if we could implement the program with adherence and affect important behavioural outcomes compared to treatment as usual. Randomised controlled trial. Parents of children birth to 42 months who use hearing aids. Eighty-two parents were randomly assigned to the intervention or treatment-as-usual group. Four parents assigned to the intervention group did not continue after baseline testing. The intervention was delivered successfully with low drop out (10%), high session completion (97%), and high program adherence. The intervention conditions showed significantly greater gains over time for knowledge, confidence, perceptions, and monitoring related to hearing aid management. Significant differences between groups were not observed for hearing aid use time. We found that we could successfully implement this eHealth program and that it benefitted the participants in terms of knowledge and confidence with skills important for hearing aid management. Future research is needed to determine how to roll programs like this out on a larger scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TREATMENT of hearing disorders
EDUCATION of parents
PILOT projects
PARENT attitudes
CONFIDENCE
SELF-management (Psychology)
HEARING aids
FISHER exact test
MANN Whitney U Test
LEARNING strategies
PARENTING
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
HUMAN services programs
COMPARATIVE studies
RESEARCH funding
INTELLECT
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
TELEMEDICINE
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
VIDEO recording
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14992027
- Volume :
- 60
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Audiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150284095
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1886354