Description of adults seeking hearing help for the first time according to two health behavior change approaches: Transtheoretical model (Stages of Change) and health belief model

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 324-333

  Saunders, Gabrielle H ^a,b   Frederick, Melissa T ^a   Silverman, ShienPei C ^a   Nielsen, Claus ^c   Laplante Lévesque, Ariane ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Health care seeking behavior; Motivation; Patient acceptance of health care; Rehabilitation of hearing impaired

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84954350012     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000268     Document Type: Article

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