Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus in the United States (ICBT study): Pre-intervention cross-sectional data

This data set was generated as a part of the clinical trial to examine the efficacy of the Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) for tinnitus distress in the US population (Clinicaltrials.gov registration numbers NCT04004260 & NCT04335812). Various recruitment strategies including distributing study flyers in ENT and audiology clinics across the south-east Texas, advertising in the social media (e.g., American Tinnitus Association Facebook page) and television media were used. This pre-intervention cross-sectional data include data of individuals who were trying to enrol in an ICBT trial. Most of the individuals in this data went on to participate in a pilot trial which examined the feasibility, an RCT which examined the efficacy of ICBT (NCT04004260), or an efficacy trial that compared the ICBT intervention with applied relaxation (IRA) interventions (NCT04335812). The attached documents include the dataset, demographic questionnaire and metadata which provide additional details about the dataset.

本数据集系为评估美国人群耳鸣困扰的互联网认知行为疗法（Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy, ICBT）疗效而开展的临床试验所生成，该临床试验在Clinicaltrials.gov的注册号为NCT04004260与NCT04335812。本次研究采用多种招募手段：在德克萨斯州东南部的耳鼻喉科（Ear-Nose-Throat, ENT）与听力学诊所分发研究传单，于社交媒体（如美国耳鸣协会Facebook官方页面）及电视媒体投放广告。本预干预横断面数据涵盖了意向报名参与该ICBT临床试验的受试者数据。本数据集内的绝大多数受试者后续参与了以下三类研究中的一类：一项评估ICBT可行性的先导试验，一项评估ICBT疗效的随机对照试验（Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT，注册号NCT04004260），或是一项比较ICBT干预与应用放松疗法（applied relaxation, IRA）干预疗效的验证试验（注册号NCT04335812）。随附文件包含本数据集、人口学问卷及数据集元数据，可提供该数据集的更多详细信息。