Focus Group Data on Hearing Aid Barriers and Enablers for Older Adults

31 participants from Australia, including 19 hearing aid users and 12 non-users, contributed to this qualitative study. Julia Sarant collected data through online focus groups to investigate barriers and enablers to hearing aid adoption using the Theoretical Domains Framework. The dataset was last updated on April 25, 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify modifiable behavioral factors based on the Theoretical Domains Framework analysis
• Analyze qualitative themes around perceived effectiveness and need for hearing aids
• Compare perspectives between hearing aid users and non-users from rural and metropolitan clinics

Strengths

• Data is structured around a specific applied theoretical framework (Theoretical Domains Framework)
• Includes perspectives from both users (19) and non-users (12) of hearing aids
• Participants were recruited from three distinct clinical settings

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is 33.2 KB, indicating a very limited scope

Provenance

Source

Julia Sarant

Collection Method

Online focus groups with participants recruited from audiology clinics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-25 18:08:05

Geography

Australia