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Internet-based Self-help for Tinnitus: The Role of Support

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Philipps University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Tinnitus

Treatments

Behavioral: iCBT (internet-based, cognitive-behavioural therapy)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

Internet-based cognitive behavioural self-help (iCBT) has become increasingly popular to provide psychotherapy. For several psychological and psychosomatic disorders, treatment efficacy was shown. Previously, iCBT has also been applied to patients suffering from tinnitus and results show significant and long-term stable improvements in tinnitus distress. However, the role of therapeutic support in iCBT has not been thoroughly investigated. Previous results suggest that iCBT without therapeutic support is less effective and leads to higher dropout rates than therapist-guided iCBT. The aim of the randomized controlled trial is thus to investigate the role of therapeutic support in an iCBT for tinnitus sufferers.

Enrollment

112 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • tinnitus duration of more than 6 months
  • severe or most severe tinnitus distress
  • age of at least 18 years
  • fluent in German

Exclusion criteria

  • psychosis, severe psychological disorder, risk for suicide
  • prior participation in associated study
  • medical disorder as reason for tinnitus, i.e. morbus ménière

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

112 participants in 2 patient groups

iCBT with therapeutic support
Experimental group
Description:
Participants work with the online self-help and receive additional therapeutic support on demand
Treatment:
Behavioral: iCBT (internet-based, cognitive-behavioural therapy)
iCBT without therapeutic support
Active Comparator group
Description:
Participants work with the online self-help on their own and do not receive additional therapeutic support
Treatment:
Behavioral: iCBT (internet-based, cognitive-behavioural therapy)

Trial contacts and locations

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