Autonomous motivation is associated with hearing aid adoption

Abstract

These empirical findings that link autonomous motivation to decisions of hearing help-seekers have implications for the ways practitioners may evaluate motivation and could inform discussions with clients about hearing aid adoption.

Motivational engagement in first-time hearing aid users: A feasibility study

“…A better understanding of where the patient lies within the rehabilitation process and their motivations underlying help-seeking may improve HA adoption and patient outcomes. This was shown in a recent study, based on the self-determination theory of motivation (Deci & Ryan, 2008), where autonomous motivation was associated with HA adoption (Ridgway et al, 2015). Although addressing motivations to promote help-seeking behaviour and HA adoption is best achieved by taking a patient-centred approach, this was shown to rarely occur in a sample of 62 video-recorded hearing assessment sessions (Grenness et al, 2015).…”

Decision-making and outcomes of hearing help-seekers: A self-determination theory perspective

“…To maximize the likelihood that those who may benefit from hearing aid fitting take up hearing aids, and then maintain successful outcomes, several theoretical approaches to health behaviour change in hearing rehabilitation research have been investigated (Saunders et al, 2013;Laplante-Lévesque et al, 2013;Meyer et al, 2014;Ridgway et al, 2015). However, questions remain about how behavioural factors might advance insight into the impact of psychological, cognitive, and social aspects of human behaviour on the regulation of hearing health decisions.…”

“…Our previous study (Ridgway et al, 2015), which was the first to research SDT in hearing rehabilitation, investigated if motivation was associated with adults' decisions whether or not to adopt hearing aids. A total of 253 first-time hearing help-seekers completed the treatment self-regulation questionnaire (TSRQ; Williams et al, 1996), which was adapted to assess autonomous and controlled motivation for hearing aid adoption.…”

“…Adult hearing help-seekers were recruited from among 3347 individuals who had attended hearing promotion events, or who had directly sought services from an audiology clinic, and had been provided or sent research material (see Ridgway et al, 2015). Eligible participants had no previous hearing aid experience, did not live in residential aged-care facilities, and had sufficient English to understand and respond to study materials.…”

“…Respondents are asked to rate how true each item was to them on a 7-point Likert scale that range from 1 (not at all true) to 7 (very true). The psychometric properties of a TSRQ adapted for hearing help-seekers were reported in Ridgway et al (2015). The two-factor TSRQ solution derived by Ridgway et al (2015) comprised four 'autonomous motivation' items and nine 'controlled motivation' items.…”