What Tinnitus Therapy Outcome Measures Are Important for Patients?- A Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The therapeutic rationale varies among tinnitus therapies. A recent study identified which outcome measures should be used for different types of interventions. What patients consider the most important outcome measure in tinnitus therapy is unclear. Objectives: To study the preference of the tinnitus patient for different outcome measures in tinnitus therapy. Methods: A discrete choice experiment was conducted. Participants were provided with two alternatives per choice set (nine choice sets total). Each choice-set consisted of four attributes (tinnitus loudness, tinnitus acceptance, quality of sleep and concentration). With a difference in one of three levels (increased, similar or decreased after treatment) between the alternatives. Results were analyz

SUBMITTER: Rademaker MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8185356 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature