Outcome measures associated with perceived stress
We tend to think of situations in life as stressful when they are unpredictable, uncontrollable or overloading. Stress is a very personal experience. Perceived stress is a reflection of how such external stressful events and everyday hassles are ‘filtered’ according to our individual personality tra...
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| description | We tend to think of situations in life as stressful when they are unpredictable, uncontrollable or overloading. Stress is a very personal experience. Perceived stress is a reflection of how such external stressful events and everyday hassles are ‘filtered’ according to our individual personality traits and coping strategies.
People with tinnitus describe various stress-related complaints, but these symptoms are not just restricted to tinnitus. Poor concentration, sense of loss of control, sleep disturbance and irritability are also shared with people who are experiencing a state of generalised anxiety or depression. Whatever their origin, the goal of any clinical intervention for people with tinnitus should be to reduce these negative symptoms.
This chapter takes a look at the way in which perceived stress associated with tinnitus has been measured. My focus is on clinical trials, but I start from the perspective of questionnaire construction by describing and comparing tinnitus-specific and general stress measures. I then evaluate how these instruments have been applied in a range of contemporary tinnitus trials. The chapter includes tutorials that introduce the reader to fundamental concepts in clinical trial design, understanding the purpose of questionnaires and appreciating the relevance of sample size calculations. |
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| spelling | nottingham-464962020-05-04T19:02:21Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46496/ Outcome measures associated with perceived stress Hall, Deborah A. We tend to think of situations in life as stressful when they are unpredictable, uncontrollable or overloading. Stress is a very personal experience. Perceived stress is a reflection of how such external stressful events and everyday hassles are ‘filtered’ according to our individual personality traits and coping strategies. People with tinnitus describe various stress-related complaints, but these symptoms are not just restricted to tinnitus. Poor concentration, sense of loss of control, sleep disturbance and irritability are also shared with people who are experiencing a state of generalised anxiety or depression. Whatever their origin, the goal of any clinical intervention for people with tinnitus should be to reduce these negative symptoms. This chapter takes a look at the way in which perceived stress associated with tinnitus has been measured. My focus is on clinical trials, but I start from the perspective of questionnaire construction by describing and comparing tinnitus-specific and general stress measures. I then evaluate how these instruments have been applied in a range of contemporary tinnitus trials. The chapter includes tutorials that introduce the reader to fundamental concepts in clinical trial design, understanding the purpose of questionnaires and appreciating the relevance of sample size calculations. Springer International Publishing Szczepek, Agnieszka Mazurek, Birgit 2017-08-25 Book Section NonPeerReviewed Hall, Deborah A. (2017) Outcome measures associated with perceived stress. In: Tinnitus and stress: an interdisciplinary companion for healthcare professionals. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 173-200. ISBN 9783319583976 http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319583969 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58397-6 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58397-6 |
| spellingShingle | Hall, Deborah A. Outcome measures associated with perceived stress |
| title | Outcome measures associated with perceived stress |
| title_full | Outcome measures associated with perceived stress |
| title_fullStr | Outcome measures associated with perceived stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Outcome measures associated with perceived stress |
| title_short | Outcome measures associated with perceived stress |
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