The Portuguese Version of Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire

Abstract

We provide a suitable Mini-TQ-pv to be used in the assessment of Portuguese-speaking patients with tinnitus.

Validation of the Italian Tinnitus Questionnaire Short Form (TQ 12-I) as a Brief Test for the Assessment of Tinnitus-Related Distress: Results of a Cross-Sectional Multicenter-Study

“…An additional exploratory factor analysis showed that a two-factor solution was better suited for the patients in our sample. Apart from intercultural differences, a possible explanation for the conflicting findings might be the comparatively low mean TQ 12 score in the Greek validation study compared to our study and other validation studies ( Hiller and Goebel, 2004 ; Cerejeira et al, 2009 ; Kam, 2012 ).…”

“…For use in busy clinical practice, a questionnaire for the assessment of tinnitus severity should not only be psychometrically and clinically validated, but also quickly to use to minimize the patients’ burden. For the TQ 12 good psychometric and clinical values have been reported in several languages ( Hiller and Goebel, 2004 ; Cerejeira et al, 2009 ; Vanneste et al, 2011 ; Kam, 2012 ; Zeman et al, 2012 ; Panagiotopoulos et al, 2015 ). Thus far the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of the TQ 12 have not been investigated.…”

“…We found item-total correlations from acceptable to good (values higher than 0.3) for all items, except for item 1 (‘I am aware of the noises from the moment I get up to the moment I sleep’), which had a value of 0.14. This was somehow surprising since item 1 had good item-total correlations (values of 0.3–0.6) in all other versions of the TQ 12 ( Hiller and Goebel, 2004 ; Cerejeira et al, 2009 ; Vanneste et al, 2011 ; Kam, 2012 ; Panagiotopoulos et al, 2015 ). The translation of the items was independently checked by native-speakers in the course of translation and confirmed by further native speaking researches in the course of the data interpretation.…”

“…To enable a faster but equally reliable assessment of tinnitus related distress the TQ 12 was initially developed by Hiller and Goebel (2004) . The TQ 12 was validated in German ( Hiller and Goebel, 2004 ), Portuguese ( Cerejeira et al, 2009 ), Greek ( Panagiotopoulos et al, 2015 ), Chinese ( Kam, 2012 ), Dutch ( Vanneste et al, 2011 ), and Arabic ( El Beaino and Eter, 2017 ). Good psychometric properties were reported for all of the translated versions of the TQ 12: the psychometric analyses across various validations showed good reliability (internal consistency: α = 0.86–0.90; retest-reliability: k = 0.89–0.91) and high correlation with the TQ total score ( r = 0.90–0.93) ( Hiller and Goebel, 2004 ; Kam, 2012 ; Zeman et al, 2012 ; Panagiotopoulos et al, 2015 ).…”

"Não tenhas medo": a formação de uma cultura visionária em Portugal e as suas práticas e representações no Brasil (1917-1940)

“…AZEVEDO, Ferdinand. A missão portuguesa da Companhia de Jesus no Nordeste 1911-1936. Recife: FASA, 1986 Ao embarcarem com destino ao Brasil, os religiosos compartilhavam de um sentimento de dúvida e receio em relação à recepção dos eclesiásticos e principalmente dos governantes.…”