title: An approach to the audit of tinnitus management.
abstract: This study examines the advantages and internal consistency of an open-ended questionnaire (Benefit-problem questionnaire), over the Tinnitus questionnaire used by Jakes et al. (1985) in the auditing of a stress management programme. The Tinnitus questionnaire showed very little difference pre- and post-treatment, while the Benefit/problem questionnaire showed good improvement over a number of variables. This included some of the more traditional orthogonal values of tinnitus complaint. The clinical assessment made blindly and over a different time scale to the Benefit/problem questionnaire matched these positive results quite closely.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome