Tinnitus E-Programme
Measures
Pre and Post Programme Questionnaires
IMPORTANT! Please ensure that you complete this measure BEFORE and AFTER undertaking the Tinnitus E-Programme.
ALL INDIVIDUALS' DETAILS RECEIVED ARE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Once you have decided to start the E-Programme, simply complete the above questionnaire (a validated measure for tinnitus distress) and send it by attachment to helpdesk@tinnituseprogramme.org You will be contacted by email to acknowledge receipt and you are now requested to complete the same questionnaire(s) 10 weeks later as your Outcome.
Outcome results are published without personal reference to individuals' personal details
BY COMPLETING THESE MEASURES, YOU ARE HELPING TO VALIDATE THE TINNITUS E-PROGRAMME - THANK YOU
In order to measure outcomes that reflect change, it is necessary to use tools (in this case the tools are questionnaires) whereby an initial measure can be evaluated against a final measure of the problem. The Outcome is the difference between the two sets of measures.
As a clinician, using measured Outcomes has enabled me to evidence that the work I am undertaking with my patients is effective - or not. And when it is the case of "..or not" then I am able to reflect upon the reasons why this is the case and do something about it. Having the conversation with with my patient is paramount, however, it is no guarantee that we are both understanding the same meaning. I often recall the story told by Irvine Yalom that he calls "Looking Out the Patients Window" Yalom, Irvine D (2001) The Gift of Therapy, Piatkus pp 17-18. He begins talking about Empathy by telling this metaphorical story.
Over the years as a Hearing Therapist, and for the past five years also as a psychotherapist, I have learned lessons too numerous to be able to count! However, if I had to choose a "Top Ten" list of lessons learned, using Outcome Measures rates highly in that list.
There is another reason for using Outcome Measures, and I rate it as equal to the one discussed above, and that is that I find using them is very much part of the therapeutic process. After undertaking any clinical intervention, it is one thing for a person to say s/he is "feeling better" but it is quite another for that person to answer the same questions that they answered at the outset, and see for themselves their "post-intervention" answers compared with their earlier results.
The changes they have made are very often really remarkable to them, and seeing them written down on paper is fantastic reinforcement for them - that they really have changed and that the change is a very REAL one.
I look forward to receiving your "before" and "after" questionnaires.
Please send them attached in an email to:
Thank you
Debbie Featherstone
Founder
Tinnitus E-Programme
