Evaluation of Ecological Momentary Assessment for Tinnitus Severity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Existing patient-reported outcome measures of tinnitus assess the severity and disability retrospectively, which may result in adequate reliability, but cannot capture the fluctuating and individualized nature of tinnitus. Experience sampling may provide an alternative.

Objective

To use an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to measure tinnitus disability and associated constructs.

Design, setting, and participants

Forty adults with tinnitus provided self-report of their tinnitus bother using 5 questions measured by EMA, as well as standard retrospective outcome measures. In this 6-week longitudinal observational study conducted from July 15 to December 22, 2014, participants provided EMA data for 2 weeks (part 1); then after a 2-week break, they provided

SUBMITTER: Goldberg RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824204 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature