Internet-based audiologist-guided CBT for tinnitus: US randomized controlled trial
Record details
- Authors: Beukes EW, et al.
- Journal / source: Journal of Medical Internet Research (2022)
- Design: RCT
- Sample: 158 (79 iCBT / 79 monitoring)
- Primary endpoint: TFI
- Randomized: Yes · Sham/placebo-controlled: No · Independent of the manufacturer: Yes
What this research found
Post-treatment TFI 36.6 vs 46.3 (Cohen d = 0.46). Clinically significant improvement in 57% vs 15% — by the paper's own reliable-change criterion, not the standard 13-point TFI threshold.
Control was weekly monitoring (no active comparator). 1-year follow-up paper reported maintained efficacy (PMID 36353148).
Limitations and conflicts of interest
Self-selected online sample; unblinded.
Funding / conflicts: Academic.
Primary sources
Used as evidence for
This is an original summary from the Tinnitus Evidence verified database, checked against the primary source — not a reproduction of the publisher's abstract.