nationwide study to assess the web-based self-help training for tinnitus
It whistles, it rings, it roars - and it can charge a lot. About 10% of the population experience at some point in their lives tinnitus. Often the tinnitus is after a while hardly noticed, but sometimes arises from a substantial impairment. In Germany alone suffer from a study of the German Tinnitus League about 1.5 million people severely from chronic tinnitus. Scientists from Mainz and the Swedish Linköping now investigate how the patients can be helped with a self-help training via the Internet. Interested parties may participate in the study from April. The two research partners - the Departments of Clinical Psychology at the Universities of Mainz (Head Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller) and in Linköping (headed by Prof. Gerhard Andersson) - are among the leading institutions in tinnitus and have years of experience and expertise in research into new treatment approaches. is
In the treatment of chronic tinnitus is not about the cure of tinnitus, but rather to ensure better management of tinnitus. Various psychotherapeutic approaches to reduce tinnitus distress have been developed and their effectiveness has been demonstrated in scientific studies. Still receive many tinnitus no such psychotherapeutic treatment, which may in the long term contribute to a further strengthening of distress. Reasons for the lack of treatment are mainly in the fact that overall very few places outpatient psychotherapy for tinnitus available. Especially in rural areas in outpatient psychotherapy are either no space available or it has to be reckoned with extremely long waiting times. These difficulties of access to outpatient psychotherapy show, however, not only in Germany, but equally in other countries, which contributed to the development of Internet-based approaches to treating various mental disorders. The working group of Prof. Gerhard Andersson of the University of Linköping is a leader in the development of Internet-based self-help approaches and could very significant successes, but also a high acceptance of the developed self-help programs detected in the patients.
tinnitus from all over Germany now have the opportunity to participate as of April 2010, on a study of the effectiveness of such Internet-based self-help training to reduce tinnitus distress is examined. For this, a treatment program developed in Sweden by scientists from the departments involved in Mainz and Linköping developed and adapted for use in Germany. The preliminary studies of the Swedish group showed that participants were able to reach the program, a significant reduction in distress.
The entire treatment is based on a self-help training, which is offered via the Internet. While maintaining the affected lots of information about tinnitus and the associated problems. In each week of training to learn those affected strategies on how to better cope with their tinnitus and reduce tinnitus-related stress yourself. The training requires self-help initiative of the tinnitus patients and independent, active work on their own problems. Since previous studies have shown that self-help approaches are most effective when they are combined with regular contact with a therapist, the study participants via e-mail will be regularly supervised by a therapist and in the execution of the training. The self-help training runs over 10 weeks and is free for participants.
The treatment depends on feel tinnitus who have at least six months tinnitus and disturbed by the tinnitus, burdened and affected in their daily lives. Stakeholders who wish to participate in the study received, on the study site www.kbt.info / titus more information and to register immediately from there, your interest in study participation. Study leader Dr. Cornelia way in Linköping and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller in Mainz.
press release by the University of Mainz, 17.03.2010
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