Internet-based Guided Self-help for Chronic Tinnitus — TITUS  

Tinnitus Clinical Trial

Official title: Efficacy of an Internet-based Guided Self-help Training for Chronic Tinnitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral guided self-help training provided via the internet on tinnitus distress in a German sample.

Clinical Trial Description

Long waiting periods and the deficiency of outpatient therapies stimulated the development of internet-based interventions for a variety of mental disorders during the last years. A Swedish research group developed an internet-based self-help training for patients with chronic tinnitus showing promising results (Andersson et al., 2002; Kaldo et al., 2007; Kaldo et al., 2008). This self-help training was now adapted for German-speaking patients. The present study evaluates the efficacy of this treatment in a randomized controlled trial conducted in Germany. Further aims are a process evaluation of the treatment and the identification of predictors of efficacy. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Tinnitus

• NCT number: NCT01205919
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2010
• Completion date: October 2011