Use of the Behaviour Change Wheel to design an intervention to improve the provision of mental wellbeing support within the audiology setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study describes the development of an intervention to increase the frequency of audiologists' asking about and providing information regarding mental wellbeing within adult audiology services.

Design

The Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW), an eight-step systematic process, was followed to develop the intervention. Reports describing the first four steps are published elsewhere. This report describes the final four steps and details the intervention developed.

Results

A multifaceted intervention was developed to change audiologists' behaviours relating to providing mental wellbeing support to adults with hearing loss. Specifically, three behaviours were targeted: (1) asking clients about their mental wellbeing, (2) providing general information on the mental w

SUBMITTER: Bennett RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature