Stages of Change in Adults Who Have Failed an Online Hearing Screening.

Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, Jonas Brännström, Elisabeth Ingo, Gerhard Andersson, Thomas Lunner

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Hearing screening has been proposed to promote help-seeking and rehabilitation in adults with hearing impairment. However, some longitudinal studies point to low help-seeking and subsequent rehabilitation after a failed hearing screening (positive screening result). Some barriers to help-seeking and rehabilitation could be intrinsic to the profiles and needs of people who have failed a hearing screening. Theories of health behavior change could help to understand this population. One of these theories is the transtheoretical (stages-of-change) model of health behavior change, which describes profiles and needs of people facing behavior changes such as seeking help and taking up rehabilitation. According to this model, people go through distinct stages toward health behavior change: precontemplation, contemplation, action, and finally, maintenance. The present study describes the psychometric properties (construct validity) of the stages of change in adults who have failed an online hearing screening. Stages of change were measured with the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA). Principal component analysis is presented, along with cluster analysis. Internal consistency was investigated. Finally, relationships between URICA scores and speech-in-noise recognition threshold, self-reported hearing disability, and self-reported duration of hearing disability are presented.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)92-101
JournalEar and Hearing
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Other Medical Sciences not elsewhere specified

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Stages of Change in Adults Who Have Failed an Online Hearing Screening.'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this