Cornelia Weise- PhD
- Professor of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Health Technology at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Cornelia Weise
- PhD
- Professor of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Health Technology at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Introduction
Cornelia Weise currently works at the Dept. of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps University of Marburg. Cornelia does research in Health Psychology and Clinical Psychology.
Current projects are
-'Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome - Internet-based Self-help, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01961479'
- 'Neurofeedback for tinnitus – does frequency band specificity matter?'
- Culturally sensitive treatments.
Current institution
Current position
- Professor of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Health Technology
Additional affiliations
September 2011 - present
August 2009 - present
Linkoping University
April 2008 - June 2009
Publications
Publications (106)
Objectives:
Tinnitus has a substantially negative impact on quality of life in up to 5% of the general population. Internet-based cognitive-behavioral treatment (iCBT) has been shown to be effective in a few trials. The aim of our study was to investigate iCBT for tinnitus by using a randomized controlled trial.
Methods:
Patients with severe tin...
Background: Given the high prevalence of clinically relevant premenstrual symptoms and the associated impairment, there is a need for effective treatments. Initial evidence suggests cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) as an effective treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The aim of the current randomized clinical trial was to evalua...
Background:
Tinnitus is a particularly common condition and can have debilitating psychological consequences for certain people. Although several interventions have been helpful in teaching individuals to better cope with tinnitus, no cure exists at present. Neurofeedback is an emerging treatment modality in tinnitus. Previous studies, utilising a...
To improve tinnitus management we have to gain more knowledge of factors that explain how a persistent distressing tinnitus develops. The central aim of this systematic review was to identify longitudinal studies that investigated psychosocial variables predicting the transition from an acute to a chronic, disabling tinnitus (i.e. tinnitus decompen...
Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Über App-Stores werden Applikationen (Apps) für Tinnitusbetroffene angeboten und versprechen schnelle Hilfe gegen die Ohrgeräusche. Für Betroffene und Behandelnde ist es jedoch gleichermaßen schwierig, deren Qualität, Potenziale oder Risiken einzuschätzen. Ziel dieser Studie war es, eine Übersicht zu deutschsprachigen T...
Introduction
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a cyclic mood disorder affecting around 2%–5% of women of reproductive age. Pharmacological interventions exist, but many patients with PMDD experience residual symptoms, discontinue medications or refrain from them due to side effects. Thus, non-pharmacological treatments are needed as an alte...
Objective: Asylum seekers often experience ethnic discrimination on the flight or in the host country, which may be associated with chronic stress and impaired mental health. Dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, a known physiological correlate of chronic stress, can be assessed using hair cortisol concentrations (HCC). The pres...
Background
Online treatments are increasing in number and are currently available for a wide range of clinical problems. To date little is known about the role of treatment expectations and other placebo-like mechanisms in online settings compared to traditional face-to-face treatment. To address this knowledge gap, we analyzed individual participa...
Background
In mental health care, the number of patients with diverse cultural backgrounds is growing. Nevertheless, evaluated training programs for transcultural competence are missing. Barriers for engaging in transcultural therapy can be identified in patients as well as in therapists. Besides language barriers, clinical psychologists report ins...
Treating culturally diverse patients (CDPs) presents considerable challenges for psychotherapists, including language barriers, differing beliefs, and insecurities. Improving their transcultural competence requires training, but empirical evidence is lacking. This 6-week randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of standardized internet-base...
Background
Students enrolling in higher education often adopt lifestyles linked to worse mental health, potentially contributing to the peak age onset of mental health problems in early adulthood. However, extensive research is limited by focusing on single lifestyle behaviors, including single time points, within limited cultural contexts, and foc...
Many patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffer from sleep problems, leading to impairments in social functioning and quality of life. Refugees are at high risk for sleep problems due to stressful life circumstances and a high PTSD prevalence. However, limited data on the frequency of sleep problems in refugees with diagnosed PTSD ex...
Background: In mental health care, the number of patients with diverse cultural backgrounds is growing. Nevertheless, evaluated training programs for transcultural competence are missing. Barriers for engaging in transcultural therapy can be identified in patients as well as in therapists. Besides language barriers, clinical psychologists report in...
Previous studies showed that alpha/delta ratio neurofeedback was effective in reducing unpleasant psychological, emotional, and perceptual consequences of tinnitus. The main goal of the present study was to investigate, whether the specific combination of enhancing alpha- and reducing delta frequency band activity was necessary, or merely sufficien...
Endometriosis is currently the second most common gynecological disease and is associated with severe pain, vegetative impairment, and infertility. In association, there are considerable psychological symptoms that limit the quality of life of those affected. In this narrative review, the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework was utilized to di...
Introduction
Since a high proportion of refugees in Germany suffer from mental disorders, culturally adapted treatments are needed that target a broad range of symptoms. There is much evidence for the efficacy of culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy (CA-CBT). Given the promising results of CA-CBT, the combination with problem solving tr...
„Die kriegt bestimmt gerade ihre Tage“ ist ein Satz, der im Alltag schnell einmal fällt. Was genau bedeutet das jedoch für die Betroffenen? Und ab wann ist es auch auf wissenschaftlicher Basis zutreffend, von einem Prämenstruellen Syndrom (PMS) oder einer Prämenstruellen Dysphorischen Störung (PMDS) zu sprechen? Der Ratgeber liefert Informationen z...
Background
We wanted to analyze trends in psychotherapy research during the last decade. We used published randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that are cited in Web of Science (WoS) as an index for these activities.
Method
We searched for RCTs published between the years 2010 and 2019. Search criteria included cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT),...
Objective:
Asylum seekers often suffer from medically unexplained symptoms that affect their quality of life (QoL). The present study is the first to investigate the extent to which somatic symptoms and the B criteria for the DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder (SSD) are associated with the QoL of asylum seekers living in Germany.
Methods:
In 144 asy...
Background
The trial investigates the efficacy of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) in improving health-related QoL in patients with endometriosis, which is a chronic gynecological condition affecting up to 15% of people with female-assigned reproductive organs. Endometriosis is stress-related and comes with various physical sympto...
Background: Asylum seekers often suffer from high levels of mental distress. However, as a result of a lack of knowledge about mental health and health care, as well as cultural and language barriers, the utilization of mental health care in Western host countries is often difficult for these individuals. Reducing these barriers may thus be a cruci...
Background
There is a lack of empirical evidence on the level of cultural adaptation required for psychological interventions developed in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies to be effective for the treatment of common mental disorders among culturally and ethnically diverse groups. This lack of evidence is par...
Introduction
Despite high levels of mental distress, accessing psychological treatment is difficult for asylum seekers in Western host countries due to a lack of knowledge about mental disorders, and the health system, as well as due to cultural and language barriers. This study aims to investigate whether brief culturally sensitive and transdiagno...
Subjective, chronic tinnitus is a condition that is common in most populations. Whereas many individuals tend to habituate to tinnitus over time, for some their attention seems pathologically drawn towards the sensation. For this subgroup of individuals with severe tinnitus, dysfunctional executive attention has been suggested to be implicated in t...
The original version of this chapter unfortunately contained two errors: in author name and order of author.
Objectives
Chronic tinnitus negatively impacts daily functioning. To specifically assess this impairment, the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) was developed. The current study investigated the hierarchical, eight-factorial structure for the German TFI and examined its psychometric properties.
Design
In an online assessment, the TFI and other valida...
This volume has highlighted the many recent advances in tinnitus theory, models, diagnostics, therapies, and therapeutics. But tinnitus knowledge is far from complete. In this chapter, contributors to the Behavioral Neuroscience of Tinnitus consider emerging topics and areas of research needed in light of recent findings. New research avenues and m...
Background: Many refugees have experienced multiple traumatic events in their country of origin and/or during flight. Trauma-related disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or complex PTSD (CPTSD) are prevalent in this population, which highlights the need for accessible and effective treatment. Imagery Rescripting (ImRs), an imagery...
Since the emergence of psychological interventions delivered via the Internet they have differed in numerous ways. The wealth of formats, methods, and technological solutions has led to increased availability and cost-effectiveness of clinical care, however, it has simultaneously generated a multitude of terms. With this paper, we first aim to esta...
Background: Given the high prevalence of clinically relevant premenstrual symptoms and the associated impairment, there is a need for effective treatments. Initial evidence suggests cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) as an effective treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The aim of the current randomized clinical trial was to evalua...
Background: Tinnitus is a particularly common condition and can have debilitating psychological consequences for certain people. Although several interventions have been helpful in teaching individuals to better cope with tinnitus, no cure exists at present. Neurofeedback is an emerging treatment modality in tinnitus. Previous studies, utilising an...
Background Tinnitus is a very common condition, which for some can have debilitating psychological consequences. Although some interventions are helpful in learning how to cope better with the tinnitus, at present there is no cure. Neurofeedback is an emerging treatment modality in tinnitus. Previous studies, utilizing an alpha/delta training proto...
Background Tinnitus is a very common condition, which for some can have debilitating psychological consequences. Although some interventions are helpful in learning how to cope better with the tinnitus, at present there is no cure. Neurofeedback is an emerging treatment modality in tinnitus. Previous studies, utilizing an alpha/delta training proto...
Background Tinnitus is a very common condition, which for some can have debilitating psychological consequences. Although some interventions are helpful in learning how to cope better with the tinnitus, at present there is no cure. Neurofeedback is an emerging treatment modality in tinnitus. Previous studies, utilizing an alpha/delta training proto...
Background
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 diagnosis characterized by the cyclical emergence of emotional and physical symptoms in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, with symptom remission in the follicular phase. Converging evidence highlights the possibility of di...
Introducing the new journal Clinical Psychology in Europe (CPE).
Overcoming artificial barriers by focusing on evidence instead of traditions.
Bridging the gap from basic experimental to treatment-related research.
Supporting open science recommendations.
Covering a broad variety of research efforts.
Full open access but no publication fees.
Intro...
Background
The Bologna Process was initiated to harmonize study processes and contents throughout Europe in order to facilitate communication and cross-border study exchange. However, when it comes to postgraduate education and practical work in clinical psychology, no such harmonization exists - there is still significant heterogeneity between Eur...
Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) are often faced with prejudices about the premenstrual phase. The aim of this study was to investigate whether providing information (psychoeducation) could improve study participants' perception of a PMDD-patient and whether experimentally-induced prejudices about PMDD resulted in stigmatiza-tion....
Although premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is assumed to be a homogenous diagnostic entity, it is hallmarked by highly diverse clinical symptoms. In this study, we investigate symptom clusters in women prospectively diagnosed with severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or PMDD using factor analysis; analyze the stability of the structures of diffe...
Background:
Due to an increase in migration and globalization, cross-cultural encounters in health care are also becoming more frequent. As psychotherapy is grounded in a cultural context and must be congruent with the patient's cultural beliefs of his or her illness in order to be effective, the consideration of cross-cultural differences in illn...
Although Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (iCBT) is an effective treatment for chronic tinnitus, several patients do not improve. In the current study, baseline and process variables were compared between non-responders and responders. Data from patients participating in two randomized controlled trials on iCBT for chronic tinnitus were re...
Received: January 25, 2018
Accepted: April 19, 2018
Published online: May 22, 2018
Issue release date: August 2018
Objective:
The aim of this study is to investigate whether the Big Five personality traits predict the outcome of Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) and whether they moderate the outcome between ICBT and face-to-face group cognitive behavioural therapy (GCBT).
Design:
This study investigated the Big Five personality traits as pr...
Blood volume pulse biofeedback represents an effective non-pharmacological treatment for migraine. However, the underlying mechanisms of blood volume pulse biofeedback are still unclear. This study investigated the influence of vividness of imagination, private body consciousness, perfectionism, and general self-efficacy on physiological (blood vol...
During the premenstrual phase, psychological and physiological changes can occur, which are associated with different levels of disability. When they appear with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), different coping strategies may be used by women to deal with premenstrual changes. Currently no German measure exists for assessing premenstrual sy...
Zusammenfassung. In der psychotherapeutischen Versorgung in Deutschland wächst der Anteil an Patient/innen aus anderen Kulturen ¹ und damit auch die Bedeutsamkeit transkultureller Kompetenzen bei Psychotherapeut/innen. Aktuell mangelt es an evaluierten Schulungsprogrammen, um solche Kompetenzen gezielt zu fördern. Besonders webbasierte Programme, d...
Although women predominantly report negative premenstrual changes, a substantial portion of women also reports positive changes. Little is known about factors related to report of positive and negative premenstrual changes. The aim of this experimental study at the [deleted for blind review process] from January and February 2015 was to investigate...
Kapitel 7 richtet sich an die Tinnitusbetroffenen und vermittelt ihnen konkrete Informationen zur Arbeit mit dem Selbsthilfetraining. Als wichtige Grundlage wird zu Beginn der Unterschied zwischen Tinnitusgeräusch und Tinnitusbeeinträchtigung erörtert. Anschließend wird der Aufbau des Trainings vorgestellt. Es wird eine Übersicht über die einzelnen...
Das 5. Kapitel gibt einen knappen Überblick über Ansätze zur Behandlung bei Tinnitus. Im ersten Abschnitt werden verschiedene medikamentöse Behandlungen vorgestellt und deren Einsatzmöglichkeiten sowie Wirksamkeitsbelege angesprochen. Im zweiten Abschnitt werden Maßnahmen der apparativ-akustischen Therapie dargestellt. Diese beinhalten beispielswei...
Das Kapitel 6 richtet sich an die fachlichen Leser, die das vorliegende Buch als Behandlungsleitfaden nutzen wollen. Die Informationen in diesem Kapitel dienen insbesondere dazu, günstige Ausgangsbedingungen für die Behandlung zu schaffen. Es werden drei Leitfragen vorgestellt, anhand derer wichtige Inhalte für den Beginn einer Behandlung abgeleite...
Im abschließenden Kapitel 12 stellen wir Ihnen eine wissenschaftliche Studie vor, in der das Selbsthilfetraining als internetbasiertes Training mit wöchentlicher therapeutischer Unterstützung eingesetzt wurde. In der beschriebenen Studie wurde es mit einem Online-Diskussionsforum sowie einer Gruppentherapie verglichen. Zu Beginn des Kapitels wird d...
In der vierten Sektion des Buches finden Sie Informationen zur Wirksamkeit des Tinnitus-Selbsthilfetrainings. Mit der konkreten Fallbeschreibung in Kapitel 11 geben wir ein Beispiel dafür, wie das vorliegende Selbsthilfetraining eingesetzt werden kann. Das Kapitel richtet sich sowohl an Tinnitusbetroffene als auch an die fachlichen Leser, die hier...
Die Inhalte des dritten Kapitels stellen eine wesentliche Grundlage für die Durchführung des Behandlungsprogramms dar. Es wird daher unbedingt empfohlen, dass sich sowohl die Tinnitusbetroffenen, die das Selbsthilfetraining durchführen wollen, als auch die Behandler, die das Programm im Rahmen der Psychotherapie anbieten, gründlich mit diesem Kapit...
Kapitel 4 beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie der Tinnitus und die Tinnitusbelastung untersucht werden können. Dabei wird im ersten Abschnitt ein genereller Überblick über die verschiedenen Schritte der Tinnitusdiagnostik gegeben – von der HNO-ärztlichen Untersuchung bis hin zur psychologischen Diagnostik der Tinnitusbelastung. Im zweiten Abschnitt...
Der praktische Teil wird fortgesetzt mit dem 9. Kapitel. Hier finden sich die sogenannten „optionalen“ Module. Diese können zusätzlich zu den festgelegten Modulen gewählt werden und beinhalten Themen, die nur für einzelne Tinnitusbetroffene relevant sind. Beispielsweise sind für einige Betroffene mit dem Tinnitus starke Schlafprobleme verbunden. Hi...
Zu Beginn des praktischen Teils befinden sich in diesem Kapitel die sogenannten „obligatorischen“ Module des Selbsthilfetrainings. Diese festgelegten Module stellen die Basis des Trainings dar und wir empfehlen daher, dass alle Tinnitusbetroffenen diese Module bearbeiten. Sie beinhalten grundlegende Informationen sowie wichtige Techniken und Strate...
Kapitel 2 gibt grundlegende Informationen zum Thema Tinnitus. Dazu werden zuerst drei Fallbeispiele vorgestellt, anhand derer unterschiedliche Krankheitsverläufe deutlich werden. Im Anschluss wird nach einer grundlegenden Begriffsbestimmung und Definition dargestellt, wie Tinnitus klassifiziert werden kann. Hierbei werden beispielsweise die Untersc...
Das letzte Kapitel des praktischen Teils, Kapitel 10, dient dem Abschluss des Selbsthilfetrainings. Im ersten Schritt soll eine persönliche Bewertung der bearbeiteten Module erfolgen. Die Tinnitusbetroffenen werden angeleitet, die Modulinhalte hinsichtlich des persönlichen Nutzens sowie des Erreichens der eigenen Trainingsziele einzuschätzen. Diese...
The differentiation between premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) has been widely discussed. PMDD is listed as a mental disorder in the DSM-5, whereas PMS is not considered as a mental disorder in any diagnostic manual. Consequently, PMS is operationalized in different ways. Keeping a symptom diary is required to di...
Purpose:
According to modern bio-psychosocial theories of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), the aim of this study is to investigate systematically associations between selected psychosocial factors and premenstrual symptoms in different menstrual cycle phases.
Method:
Several psychosocial variables were assessed, in a sample of German women with PMS...
Background: Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) has proven to be an effective treatment in improving patients' ability to cope with tinnitus. However, some patients prefer face-to-face therapy to ICBT, and a few studies have shown considerable dropout rates if the treatment is not guided. This renders it important to identify factors...
AbstractWith 75 % women of reproductive age affected, premenstrual symptoms are very common. Symptoms range from emotional and cognitive to physical symptoms. Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder can lead to substantial functional interference and psychological distress comparable to that of dysthymic disorders. The assessment...
Abstract Our objective for this study was to examine symptom severity among women suffering from premenstrual syndrome as well as associations between symptom severity and impairment. In a one-cycle prospective study, various premenstrual symptoms of 91 women were assessed. Tension and irritability were the most severe symptoms. Headache, irritabil...
Hintergrund: Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt ein modularisiertes Behandlungsprogramm für Frauen mit prämenstruellen Beschwerden vor. Zahlreiche Frauen im reproduktionsfähigen Alter leiden unter körperlichen und/oder psychischen prämenstruellen Beschwerden, die zu starken Einschränkungen im Alltag führen können. Nur in sehr wenigen Studien wurden Beha...
The present study investigates the role of dysfunctional cognitions in patients with chronic tinnitus. To explore different dimensions of tinnitus-related thoughts, a 22-item self-report measure, the "Tinnitus Cognitions Scale" (T-Cog), is presented. Furthermore, dysfunctional cognitions are examined as a possible mediator of the relation between t...
Objective: Internet-based cognitive behavioral self-help treatments (iCBT) have been shown to successfully reduce the distress associated with tinnitus. Despite this success, little is known about the mechanisms that make iCBT for tinnitus sufferers work. Availability of minimal therapeutic support is assumed to positively influence treatment outco...
Because the postulated three-factor structure of the internationally widely used Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) has not been confirmed yet by a confirmatory factor analytic approach this was the central aim of the current study.
From a clinical setting, N=373 patients with chronic tinnitus completed the THI and further questionnaires assessing t...
Background:
With a prevalence of 3 to 8% among women of reproductive age, severe premenstrual symptoms are very common. Symptoms range from emotional and cognitive to physical changes. Severe symptoms (that is, premenstrual syndrome) can have a strong impact on everyday functioning and quality of life. Impairment can be as serious as that of dysth...
Background:
Multidimensional tinnitus models describe dysfunctional cognitions as a complicating factor in the process of tinnitus habituation. However, this concept has rarely been investigated in previous research.
Purpose:
The present study investigated the effects of two cognitive-behavioral treatments on dysfunctional tinnitus-related cogni...
Background:
The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effects of conventional face-to-face group cognitive behavioral therapy (GCBT) and an Internet-delivered guided self-help treatment (Internet-based CBT, ICBT) on tinnitus distress.
Methods:
A total of 128 adults with at least mild levels of chronic tinnitus distress w...
Objective: This study (ID: NCT01205906) compared the impact of the working alliance between the therapist and the client on treatment outcome in a group and an Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (GCBT vs. ICBT) for chronic tinnitus.
Methods: The Working Alliance Inventory — Short Revised (WAI-SR, scale range: 1–5) was administered to 26 GCBT...
Chronischer Tinnitus ist mit einer Prävalenzrate von bis zu 4% ein häufiges Symptom und kann mit einer starken Beeinträchtigung einhergehen. Aufgrund der Vielzahl möglicher Ursachen gibt es kein eindeutiges ätiologisches Modell. Das Habituationsmodell (Hallam et al., 1984) und das Neurophysiologische Modell (Jastreboff & Hazell, 1993) postulieren n...
Acute tinnitus can lead to substantial distress and eventually result in long-lasting impairment. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioural intervention (delivered as Internet self-management, bibliotherapy or group training) to the information-only control condition. Applicants suffered from subjective tinnitus f...
Several studies show that patients with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder respond with fewer specific autobiographical memories in a cued memory task (i.e. the autobiographical memory test; AMT) compared to healthy controls. One previous study found this phenomenon among tinnitus patients as well (Andersson, Ingerholt, & Jansson, 2003)....
The concept of acceptance has recently received growing attention within tinnitus research due to the fact that tinnitus acceptance is one of the major targets of psychotherapeutic treatments. Accordingly, acceptance-based treatments will most likely be increasingly offered to tinnitus patients and assessments of acceptance-related behaviours will...
Objective:
Persistent tinnitus affects 10 to 15% of adults. Little is understood about why only a small percentage of patients become severely affected. Catastrophic thinking has been suggested as one potentially relevant factor that might influence a patient's coping behavior, and thus tinnitus habituation. The current study investigates the conc...
The current study investigated the role of fear-avoidance-a concept from chronic pain research-in chronic tinnitus. A self-report measure the "Tinnitus Fear-Avoidance Cognitions and Behaviors Scale (T-FAS)" was developed and validated. Furthermore, the role of fear-avoidance behavior as mediator of the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and t...
The response rates and effects of being placed on a wait-list control condition are well documented in psychiatric populations. Despite the usefulness of such estimates and the frequent use of no-treatment controls in clinical trials for tinnitus, the effect of waiting in a tinnitus trial has not been investigated systematically. The aim of the pre...
The aim of this paper is to provide an updated review of recent controlled trials of Internet interventions for health conditions and how the Internet is used to promote health.
We identified 18 published trials including studies on diabetes, cancer, pain conditions, obesity, irritable bowel syndrome, stress management, hypertension, metabolic synd...
Tinnitus is defined as a sound in the ear(s) and/or head without external origin and is a serious health concern for millions worldwide. The aim of the present study was to determine whether Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is effective in reducing distress associated with tinnitus. Randomized, controlled trials that assessed the efficacy of CBT fo...
Hintergrund: Die Wirksamkeit psychotherapeutischer Verfahren bei der Bewältigung chronischer dekompensierter Tinnitussymptome ist gut belegt. Mit dieser Studie wurde geprüft, welche Patienten- und Symptomcharakteristika mit einem hohen Therapieerfolg zusammenhingen.
Patienten und Methoden: 95 Patienten mit chronischem dekompensierten Tinnitus wurde...
Psychophysiological factors in maintaining tinnitus-related distress have been emphasized in current tinnitus models. Hyperreactivity in the autonomous nervous system is supposed to hinder habituation processes and might contribute to maladjustment to tinnitus symptoms in the long run. Accordingly, biofeedback treatment targeting physiological acti...
Psychotherapy proved to be effective in the treatment of chronic tinnitus sufferers. We investigated, which patient and symptom characteristics predicted the treatment outcome.
95 patients underwent a CBT based treatment including biofeedback elements. Predictors were identified by the use of regression analysis. Outcome was defined as changes in t...
Questions
Question (1)
In Kooperation zwischen den Universitäten Marburg, Mainz und Linköping (Schweden) starten wir eine neue Studie, in der wir die Wirksamkeit eines internetbasierten Selbsthilfeprogramms zur Verringerung der Tinnitusbelastung untersuchen. Die Studie richtet sich an Personen, die seit mindestens 6 Monaten Tinnitus haben und sich durch den Tinnitus im alltäglichen Leben deutlich beeinträchtigt fühlen. Teilnehmer sollten Zugang zum Internet haben und über allgemeine PC-Kenntnisse verfügen.
Es können kurzfristig noch Tinnitusbetroffene in die Studie aufgenommen werden. Sie können sich über unser Portal ausführlich über die Studie informieren und dann entscheiden, ob Sie teilnehmen möchten.
Das Studienportal zur Registrierung ist voraussichtlich bis 28.09.2010 geöffnet.
