Abstract
Tinnitus is a complex phenomenon with various mechanisms of origin. Multimodal and interdisciplinary treatment is the most effective form of treatment for patients with chronic tinnitus. To target treatment efforts to individual patients, a careful monitoring of the treatment success is warranted. One way to assist the healthcare providers is the use of validated psychometric instruments to assess the patient self-reported health status. However, an empirical systematic assessment of the treatment success from the patients’ perspective is still scarce in clinical practice settings. Within this chapter we discuss potential reasons for this situation, introduce some commonly used assessment instruments, and highlight potential future developments of patient-reported health assessments within clinical practice settings.
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Abbreviations
- BAI:
-
Beck Anxiety Inventory
- BDI:
-
Beck Depression Inventory
- CBT:
-
Cognitive behavior therapy
- DSM:
-
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders
- HADS:
-
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
- PROM:
-
Patient-reported outcome measure
- PSQ:
-
Perceived Stress Questionnaire
- PSS:
-
Perceived Stress Scale
- STAI:
-
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
- TQ:
-
Tinnitus Questionnaire (German version-TF)
- TRQ:
-
Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire
- TRT:
-
Tinnitus retraining therapy
- VAS:
-
Visual analog scale
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Brüggemann, P., Rose, M. (2017). Psychometric Assessment of Tinnitus Patients Within Clinical Practice Settings. In: Szczepek, A., Mazurek, B. (eds) Tinnitus and Stress. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58397-6_7
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