Engaging the Emotional Aspects of Patients’ Audiological needs. v. 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Engaging the Emotional Aspects of the Patient’s Audiological needs in Audiology Services in the National Health Service: A Series of Ethnographic Observations.
IRAS ID
226894
Contact name
Helen Pryce
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Aston University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 11 days
Research summary
This project aims to describe how NHS audiologists engage with their patient’s emotional needs during audiology appointments.\nThis will be achieved by:\n\n1. Recruiting NHS audiologists participants\n2. Recruiting patients so that the appointment and clinical interaction can be observed\n3. The appointment will be observed and the observer will audio-record the dialogue and take field notes in regards to non-verbal communication (tone of voice, posture, “body language“).\n4. The field notes and audio-recordings will then be transcribed for analysis via conversation analysis and constant comparison methods\n5.The analysis will then yield an in-depth description of the clinical interaction with clear indicators where emotion-focused communication was or was not in alignment.\n\n\n \n\n
REC name
South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/SW/0285
Date of REC Opinion
18 Jan 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion