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Trial reportBMJ open2019

Walk, Talk and Listen: a pilot randomised controlled trial targeting functional fitness and loneliness in older adults with hearing loss.

Charlotte A Jones, Jodi Siever, Kate Knuff, Colin Van Bergen, Paul Mick, Jonathan Little, Gareth Jones, Mary-Ann Murphy, Donna Kurtz, Harry Miller

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in BMJ open, 2019. 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 17 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charlotte A JonesMedicine, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Jodi SieverMedicine, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Kate KnuffMedicine, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Colin Van BergenNexgen Hearing, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Paul MickMedicine, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Jonathan LittleHealth and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia Okanagan Faculty of Health and Social Development, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Gareth JonesSchool of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Mary-Ann MurphySocial Work/Sociology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Donna KurtzIrving K Barber School of Arts and Social Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Harry MillerMedicine, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAge-related hearing loss (HL) is a prevalent disability associated with loneliness, isolation, declines in cognitive and physical function and premature mortality. Group audiological rehabilitation (GAR) and hearing technologies address communication and cognitive decline. However, the relationship between loneliness, physical function and GAR among older adults with HL has not been studied.

objectivesExplore the impact of a group exercise and socialisation/health education intervention and GAR on physical function and loneliness among older adults with HL. TRIAL

designA Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)-based, 10-week, single-blind, pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT).

participantsAmbulatory adults aged 65 years or older with self-reported HL.

interventionsSeventy-one participants were screened. Thirty-five were randomised to intervention (strength and resistance exercise, socialisation/health education) and GAR (hearing education, communication strategies, psychosocial support) or control (n=31): GAR only. OUTCOMES: Ninety-five per cent of eligible participants were randomised. GAR and exercise adherence rates were 80% and 85%, respectively. 88% of participants completed the study. Intervention group functional fitness improved significantly (gait speed: effect size: 0.57, 30 s Sit to Stand Test: effect size: 0.53). Significant improvements in emotional and social loneliness (effect size: 1.16) and hearing-related quality of life (effect size: 0.76) were related to GAR attendance and poorer baseline hearing-related quality of life. Forty-two per cent of participants increased social contacts outside the study. DISCUSSION: Walk, Talk and Listen was feasible and acceptable. Exercise and socialisation/health education improved loneliness and key fitness measures but provided no additional benefit to GAR only for loneliness. This is the first preliminary evidence about the benefits of exercise on fitness and GAR on loneliness among older adults with HL. IMPLICATIONS: This pilot trial provides key information on the sample size required for a larger, longer term RCT to determine the enduring effects of this holistic intervention addressing the negative psychosocial and musculoskeletal downstream effects of HL among older adults.

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Quality of LifeAgedCognitionCorrection of Hearing ImpairmentExercise TherapyFemaleHearing LossHumansLonelinessMalePatient CompliancePilot ProjectsSelf ReportSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeWalkingauditory rehabilitationexercisehearing lossloneliness

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PMID30987987
PMCPMC6500300
OpenAlexW2938820196

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