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The following year, a TPIP was administered to all tinnitus sufferers, despite the affliction\u2019s intrusiveness, and told to contact the audiology department if they felt that TRT was required, which resulted in 43\/233 patients (18.5 per cent) over a one-year period self-referring for TRT; 2\/233 (0.9 per cent) did not attend, and 1\/233 (0.4 per cent) were cancelled appointments.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The patient-focussed TPIP acts as an initial therapy for the tinnitus sufferer by providing reassurance and self-therapy. This results in patients who are less likely to seek TRT, leading to more efficient clinical resource usage (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.01).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The data suggest that all tinnitus sufferers presenting to ENT clinics could be handed a TPIP and empowered with the decision whether they require further intervention.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/ijhcqa-03-2018-0071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,13]],"date-time":"2019-02-13T19:23:54Z","timestamp":1550085834000},"page":"360-365","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The tinnitus patient information pack: usefulness in intrusive tinnitus"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Amro","family":"Hassaan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8365-8024","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aaron","family":"Trinidade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"key2022100713002867100_ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"234","DOI":"10.1159\/000360705","article-title":"Internet-based guided self-help versus group cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic tinnitus: a randomized controlled trial","volume":"83","year":"2014","journal-title":"Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2022100713002867100_ref002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"307","DOI":"10.1007\/s00106-014-2979-1","article-title":"25 years of tinnitus retraining therapy","volume":"63","year":"2015","journal-title":"HNO"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2022100713002867100_ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"105","DOI":"10.3109\/03005369109079840","article-title":"The effect of written reassuring information on out-patients complaining of tinnitus","volume":"25","year":"1991","journal-title":"British Journal of Audiology"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2022100713002867100_ref004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"56","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpsychores.2013.08.018","article-title":"The prevalence of tinnitus and the relationship with neuroticism in a middle-aged UK population","volume":"76","year":"2014","journal-title":"Journal of Psychosomatic Research"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2022100713002867100_ref005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"110","DOI":"10.1186\/s12913-018-2914-3","article-title":"Tinnitus services in the United Kingdom: a survey of patient experiences","volume":"18","year":"2018","journal-title":"BioMed Central Health Services Research"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2022100713002867100_ref006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"174","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amjoto.2016.12.004","article-title":"Use of interactive iBooks for patient education in otology","volume":"38","year":"2017","journal-title":"American Journal of Otolaryngology"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2022100713002867100_ref007","article-title":"Psychiatric (Axis I) and Personality (Axis II) disorders and subjective psychiatric symptoms in chronic tinnitus","volume":"57","year":"2018","journal-title":"International Journal of Audiology"},{"key":"key2022100713002867100_ref008","first-page":"6","volume-title":"Tinnitus Handbook","year":"2000","edition":"1st ed."}],"container-title":["International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/IJHCQA-03-2018-0071\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/IJHCQA-03-2018-0071\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,25]],"date-time":"2025-07-25T01:04:26Z","timestamp":1753405466000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/ijhcqa\/article\/32\/2\/360-365\/132840"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,11]]},"references-count":8,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,11]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/IJHCQA-03-2018-0071"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/ijhcqa-03-2018-0071","relation":{},"ISSN":["0952-6862"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0952-6862"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,11]]}}}