Guided Internet-based versus face-to-face clinical care in the management of tinnitus: Study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Beukes, Eldré W ^a   Baguley, David M ^a,b,c   Allen, Peter M ^a   Manchaiah, Vinaya ^d,e,f,g   Andersson, Gerhard ^e,h  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Audiology India   (India)

^g MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical intervention; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Guided intervention; Internet intervention; Non inferiority trial; Service development; Tinnitus distress; Tinnitus management; Tinnitus treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACE TO FACE CLINICAL CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNET BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP QUALITY; TINNITUS; TINNITUS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; TREATMENT DURATION; WELLBEING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DISABILITY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85018514962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1931-6     Document Type: Article

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