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Targeting functional fitness, hearing and health-related quality of life in older adults with hearing loss: Walk, Talk 'n' Listen, study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Justin Lambert, Rouzbeh Ghadry-Tavi, Kate Knuff, Marc Jutras, Jodi Siever, Paul Mick, Carolyn Roque, Gareth Jones, Jonathan Little, Harry Miller and 4 more

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Trial report in Trials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02662192 (Targeting Functional Fitness, Hearing and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults With Hearing Loss. Walk, Talk and Listen for Your Life, A Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02662192 nacompletednot on this map

Targeting Functional Fitness, Hearing and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults With Hearing Loss. Walk, Talk and Listen for Your Life, A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of British ColumbiaRan2016 to 2016Enrolled66ConditionsHearing Loss, FunctionalArmsExercise + health education+ auditory rehabilitation, auditory rehabilitation alone
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Justin LambertFaculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Rouzbeh Ghadry-TaviFaculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Kate KnuffFaculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Marc JutrasFaculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Jodi SieverFaculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Paul MickFaculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Carolyn RoqueFaculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Gareth JonesFaculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Jonathan LittleFaculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Harry MillerFaculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Colin Van BergenAudiologist, NexGen Hearing, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Donna KurtzFaculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Mary Ann MurphyIrving K. Barber School of Arts and Social Sciences, Sociology and School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Charlotte Ann JonesSouthern Medical Program, #321 Reichwald Health Sciences Center, 1088 Discovery Ave, Kelowna, BC, V1V-1V7, Canada. charlotte.jones@ubc.ca.
University of British Columbia · CAInterior Health · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHearing loss (HL) is a disability associated with poorer health-related quality of life including an increased risk for loneliness, isolation, functional fitness declines, falls, hospitalization and premature mortality. The purpose of this pilot trial is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a novel intervention to reduce loneliness, improve functional fitness, social connectedness, hearing and health-related quality of life in older adults with HL.

methodsThis 10-week, single-blind, pilot randomized control trial (RCT) will include a convenience sample of ambulatory adults aged 65 years or older with self-reported HL. Following baseline assessments, participants will be randomized to either intervention (exercise, health education, socialization and group auditory rehabilitation (GAR)) or control (GAR only) groups. The intervention group will attend a local YMCA twice a week and the control group once a week. Intervention sessions will include 45 min of strengthening, balance and resistance exercises, 30 min of group walking at a self-selected pace and 60 min of interactive health education or GAR. The control group will attend 60-min GAR sessions. GAR sessions will include education about hearing, hearing technologies, enhancing communication skills, and psychosocial support. Pre-post trial data collection and measures will include: functional fitness (gait speed, 30-s Sit to Stand Test), hearing and health-related quality of life, loneliness, depression, social participation and social support. At trial end, feasibility (recruitment, randomization, retention, acceptability) and GAR will be evaluated. DISCUSSION: Despite evidence suggesting that HL is associated with declines in functional fitness, there are no studies aimed at addressing functional fitness declines associated with the disability of HL. This pilot trial will provide knowledge about the physical, mental and social impacts on health related to HL as a disability. This will inform the feasibility of a larger RCT and preliminary evidence about the initial effects of a novel, community-based, holistic intervention addressing both the negative psychosocial and functional physical effects of HL among older adults.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02662192 . Registered on 14 January 2016.

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyGroup ProcessesHearingPhysical FitnessQuality of LifeWalkingAgedAge FactorsCorrection of Hearing ImpairmentFeasibility StudiesFemaleHearing LossHumansInterpersonal RelationsLonelinessMaleAuditory rehabilitationDisabilityFunctional fitnessHearing lossLonelinessOlder adultsSocialization

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PMID28129779
PMCPMC5273835
OpenAlexW2582451693

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