Accessible online health education showed mixed results in adolescents with hearing impairment
A randomized trial reported better activity and nutrition behaviors, while changes in stress, anxiety and depression scores were not statistically significant.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The accessible online program improved several reported lifestyle behaviors and areas of health knowledge compared with the control group. These included physical activity measures and food and drink choices. Mental-health results were less certain: stress management, anxiety and depression scores decreased over time, but the changes were not statistically significant.
The abstract provides no effect estimates for the lifestyle changes and does not identify which follow-up assessments showed significant differences or describe control-group care.
What researchers found
Physical activity behavior scores
Program versus control after the intervention; reported as statistically significant. The abstract does not identify the specific follow-up visit or provide an effect estimate.
Accessible delivery
Sign language was integrated into the online program for adolescents with hearing impairment. The trial therefore addressed an accessible form of health education in a specific population, with repeated assessments after the program ended.
Mixed psychological outcomes
Falling stress, anxiety and depression scores were described favorably by the authors. Because those results were not statistically significant, the abstract supports uncertainty about psychological benefit rather than a firm claim of improvement.
The original publication
The effect of web-based cope healthy lifestyles TEEN program on hearing-impaired adolescents: A randomized controlled trial.
Orakci H, Ardiç A
J Pediatr Nurs · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 41418421
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