{"type":"trials","record":{"id":28340,"source_id":"clinicaltrials-gov","external_id":"NCT07782177","title":"Optimizing Elderly Hearing Loss Care in Hong Kong A Cost-Effectiveness and Satisfactory Analysis of a Pilot Collaborative Model Between Otorhinolaryngologists and Family Medicine Specialists","brief_summary":"This study will evaluate a new collaborative elderly hearing-loss service in Hong Kong. The service is based in Family Medicine (FM) and supported by Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist nurses and audiology services. It aims to provide earlier hearing assessment, counselling, hearing-aid referral or fitting where appropriate, and referral to ENT specialists when more complex ear problems are suspected. The study will compare this new service with the existing ENT elderly hearing clinic. About 500 adults aged 65 years or above with progressive hearing loss will be enrolled. Researchers will compare the time to hearing assessment and hearing-related abilities and quality of life score, satisfactory score related to the care in the FM and ENT cohort, compliance to hearing aids, and referral to ENT services. The findings may help determine whether the new service is safe, cost-effective and improves access to hearing care.","overall_status":"Not Yet Recruiting","phases":[],"study_type":"OBSERVATIONAL","sponsor":"Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong","enrollment":500,"countries":["Hong Kong"],"start_date":"2026-09-01","completion_date":"2028-08-01","last_update_date":"2026-08-24","source_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07782177","editorial_summary":"A registered study indexed because it matched monitored longevity research terms. Registry status: Not Yet Recruiting. Registration does not establish safety or effectiveness.","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T00:17:13.50034+00:00","last_seen_at":"2026-09-25T06:25:04.647+00:00","metadata":{"sex":"ALL","acronym":null,"age_range":"65 Years","comparator":null,"organization":"Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong","interventions":[],"registry_source":"ClinicalTrials.gov","outcome_measures":["Change in hearing-related function measured by the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale-12 (SSQ-12) — Baselin…","Change in quality of life measured by the Older People's Quality of Life Brief questionnaire (OPQOL-Brief) — Baseline t…","Change in depressive symptoms measured by the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) — Baseline to post-hearing ai…","Patient satisfaction with the hearing-care pathway — Baseline to post-hearing aid fitting review, up to 24 months","Time from first presentation with hearing loss to first hearing assessment and hearing rehabilitation — Up to 12 months","Referral from the Family Medicine pathway to ENT specialist outpatient care — Up to 24 months","Hearing-aid use and adherence — At follow-up, up to 1 year after hearing aid fitting"],"design_description":null,"source_has_results":false},"controlled_terms":["Hearing Loss, Age-Related","Presbycusis"],"relevance_confidence":70,"source_quality_score":100,"freshness_score":100,"publication_state":"published","match_explanation":"Source terminology contains: presbycusis.","quality_checked_at":"2026-09-25T06:25:07.732232+00:00","duplicate_cluster_key":"id:nct07782177","duplicate_of_id":null,"evidence_snapshot":{"status":"structured","version":1,"duration":"2026-09-01 to 2028-08-01","comparator":null,"confidence":"structured-source","population":"ALL · 65 Years","provenance":{"duration":"start_date and completion_date","comparator":"registry arm fields","population":"registry eligibility fields","intervention":"registry intervention fields","participants":"enrollment","study_design":"study_type and registry design fields","evidence_stage":"phases","reported_outcome":"not available","outcomes_measured":"registry outcome-measure fields"},"generated_at":"2026-09-25T06:25:04.650Z","intervention":[],"participants":500,"study_design":"OBSERVATIONAL","subject_scope":"Human clinical study registration","evidence_stage":"Phase not reported","safety_context":"Eligibility, adverse-event details, and clinical decisions must be checked in the official registry and with qualified clinicians.","source_support":"Structured registry protocol metadata; no finding-level conclusion is generated.","main_limitation":"This is a study registration. No reusable structured result is available here, so it cannot show whether the intervention worked or was safe.","reported_outcome":null,"outcomes_measured":["Change in hearing-related function measured by the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale-12 (SSQ-12) — Baselin…","Change in quality of life measured by the Older People's Quality of Life Brief questionnaire (OPQOL-Brief) — Baseline t…","Change in depressive symptoms measured by the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) — Baseline to post-hearing ai…","Patient satisfaction with the hearing-care pathway — Baseline to post-hearing aid fitting review, up to 24 months","Time from first presentation with hearing loss to first hearing assessment and hearing rehabilitation — Up to 12 months","Referral from the Family Medicine pathway to ENT specialist outpatient care — Up to 24 months","Hearing-aid use and adherence — At follow-up, up to 1 year after hearing aid fitting"],"regulatory_context":"Trial registration is not regulatory approval and does not establish that an intervention is available."},"clinical_trial_topics":[{"topic_slug":"hearing-aging","is_published":true,"match_reasons":["Source terminology contains: presbycusis.","Title supplies longevity context: elderly.","Study type is explicitly identified as OBSERVATIONAL."],"matched_fields":["controlled terminology","title context","study type"],"relevance_score":70,"intelligence_topics":{"name":"Hearing ageing","slug":"hearing-aging"}}],"content_sources":{"name":"ClinicalTrials.gov","homepage_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/"}},"canonical_url":"https://www.immortal.life/trials/28340","automation_disclosure":"Generated automatically from cited source metadata. No scientist, clinician, researcher, editor, or human reviewer evaluates this publication before release."}