Tinnitus annoyance assessed by the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory

被引:10
作者
Dias, Adriano
Cordeiro, Ricardo
Corrente, Jose Eduardo
机构
[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med Botucatu, Grp Apoio Pesquisa, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Botucatu, Dept Bioestat, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Fac Ciencias Med, Dept Prevent & Social Med, BR-13081970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
来源
REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA | 2006年 / 40卷 / 04期
关键词
tinnitus; classification; diagnosis; questionnaires; translations; reproducibility of results; validation studies;
D O I
10.1590/S0034-89102006000500022
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
OBJECTIVE: The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory is a questionnaire for assessing the impact of tinnitus by quantifying psychoemotional and functional problems it causes. The objective of the study was to validate the Brazilian Portuguese translation of this questionnaire, named Questionario de Gravidade do Zumbido. METHODS: The questionnaire was applied to 135 individuals with tinnitus from two audiology clinics in Bauru, Southeastern Brazil, referred for audiologic evaluation. Its internal consistency was evaluated by Cronbach's alpha coefficients comparing the Brazilian version to the original instrument. RESULTS: It was found good reliability for scales (0.76 <alpha < 0.85) and for the whole questionnaire, which global consistency value (alpha=0.93) was identical to the original instrument. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the Brazilian version of the questionnaire can be used in clinical practice to evaluate day-to-day difficulties caused by tinnitus in individuals who are aware of that.
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页码:706 / 711
页数:6
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