The Role of Acceptance in Adjustment to Ménière’s Disease
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Role of Acceptance in Adjustment to Ménière’s Disease
IRAS ID
125957
Contact name
Sarah Kirby
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Research summary
Research has shown that a higher level of ‘acceptance’ (finding a way to live with illness and have a good quality of life in spite of illness) is related to improved symptoms and quality of life. However, no research has looked at the role of acceptance in Ménière’s disease (an incurable disease of the inner ear, comprising recurrent severe vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss and a sense of fullness in the ear) or other vestibular (inner-ear) disorders, and no suitable questionnaires to carry out such work have yet been developed. Therefore we have developed a questionnaire to measure acceptance of vertigo. The purpose of this study is to a) test whether higher levels of vertigo acceptance are related to better outcomes, and b) establish whether or not many people have low levels of acceptance and are therefore in need of treatment. The study design is a longitudinal questionnaire survey in which we will compare the responses of people with Ménière’s Disease with those of people with other vestibular disorders. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires at two time points, around 3 months apart. Questionnaires will assess acceptance, adjustment, demographic factors, illness factors and psychological factors.
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/EM/0464
Date of REC Opinion
13 Jan 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion