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

Moschèn, Roland; Fioretti, Alessandra; Eibenstein, Alberto; Natalini, Eleonora; Cuda, Domenico; Chiarella, Giuseppe; Rumpold, Gerhard; Riedl, David

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00065

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“…The results of our study showed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability and clinical validity for the TQ 12-T. Internal consistency was excellent (>0.70) for TQ 12-T. For validation purposes, the Mini TQ was performed to correlate with other questionnaires such as the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS 14) [13] , Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MΗLoC) [13] , Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) [18] , Short Form Health Survey (SF 36) [18] , TQ [15] and THI [17,18] in previous studies. All questionnaires showed good correlation with TQ 12.…”

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“…So far, the Mini TQ has been translated into several languages, including Portuguese [12] , Greek [13] , Arabic [14] , Dutch [15] , Chinese [16] , Malay [17] and Italian. [18] However, there is still a shortage of translated versions of the TQ 12 to be accepted as a worldwide questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ 12-T).…”

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Psychometric Data for the Reliability and Validity of the Mini Tinnitus Questionnaire Turkish Version (TQ 12-T)

Gürses¹,

Müjdeci²,

Aksoy³

2020

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Objective: To investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ 12-T). Methods: The study consisted of 120 patients with tinnitus (60 F + 60 M; Mean Age: 46.8±15.1 years). Audiological evaluation, tinnitus mapping, tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) and TQ 12-T were applied to the participants. Internal consistency and reliability were assessed by Cronbach's alpha. To evaluate the accuracy of the original findings, a retest was performed with 20% of the participants. The validity of the TQ 12-T was assessed, analyzing the correlation with THI. We assessed construct validity by analyzing the patients according to their age and tinnitus duration. Results: High internal consistency, reliability (α=0.87) and a high intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC 0.96, p < 0.001) were found. The internal consistency reliabilities of the two subscales were α=0.74 and α= 0.84 for "health anxiety" and "cognitive distress," respectively. There was a strong positive correlation between THI and TQ 12-T total scores (r=0.985, p<0.01). Conclusion: TQ 12-T is a valid, reliable and brief questionnaire. TQ 12-T could easily be used alongside other tinnitus or health-related questionnaires since it takes only a few minutes to complete.

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Psychometric Data for the Reliability and Validity of the Mini Tinnitus Questionnaire Turkish Version (TQ 12-T)

Gürses¹,

Müjdeci²,

Aksoy³

2020

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“…Tinnitus distress was also measured with the Italian 12 item short form of the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ 12-I) 34 . For the TQ 12-I, good reliability and validity were reported.…”

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Validation of the Chronic Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire (CTAQ-I): the Italian version

Moschèn

Fioretti

Eibenstein

et al. 2019

Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital

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SUMMARY Tinnitus is a widespread symptom that is chronically experienced by approximately 10% of the adult population. While the vast majority of individuals do not feel impaired by their ear noise, about 0.5-3% of the adult population develops severe distress and feels impaired in everyday life. The severity of the distress experienced can only partially be explained by the characteristics of the ear noise itself (e.g. objective tinnitus loudness or duration). Psychological variables such as tinnitus acceptance are being increasingly investigated by tinnitus research. The aim of this study was to analyse the psychometric quality of the Italian version of the “Chronic Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire” (CTAQ-I). The CTAQ-I is an adaption of the Italian “Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ)” and altered for the study of tinnitus acceptance. This cross-sectional multicentre questionnaire study included 141 outpatients with chronic tinnitus. Sociodemographic and clinical data were assessed with the Tinnitus Sample Case History (TSCH), tinnitus acceptance with the Italian “Chronic Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire” (CTAQ-I), tinnitus distress with the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and the Tinnitus Questionnaire Short Form (TQ 12-I). Furthermore, we assessed the patient’s general psychological distress (Brief Symptom Inventory - BSI) and Health Related Quality of Life (SF-36). Psychometric and factorial evaluation of the CTAQ-I were carried out. To investigate the influence of sociodemographic and numerous clinical variables on tinnitus acceptance we calculated correlation coefficients, analysis of variance and independent sample-t-tests. The factor analysis revealed a two-factor solution (“activity engagement” and “tinnitus willingness”), accounting for 41.1% of the variance. Good internal consistency for the total score (α = 0.84) and both factors (α = 0.80-0.88) was found. Moderate negative correlations with tinnitus distress indicated good validity. Tinnitus acceptance was further correlated with lower psychological distress and subjective tinnitus loudness, as well as increased emotional well-being. Tinnitus acceptance is considered to be an important source of therapeutic change in behavioural-based treatments as well as in professional counselling for tinnitus. Our study shows that the CTAQ-I is a reliable and valid instrument to measure the acceptance of patients suffering from chronic tinnitus.

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“…Several questionnaires have now been developed and validated for assessment of tinnitus complaints: Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire 2 , Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire 3 , Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) 4 , Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ) 5 and its short form, Mini-TQ 6 and the Tinnitus Primary Function Questionnaire 7 . The THI and Mini-TQ have also been validated in their Italian language versions 8,9 . More recently Moschen et al validated the Italian version of the Chronic Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire (CTAQ-I) 10 .…”

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Psychometric properties of the Italian Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI)

Barozzi

Passoni

et al. 2020

Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital

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Various questionnaires are used to assess the impact of tinnitus on the quality of life. The Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) has excellent properties for scaling the severity of tinnitus and treatment-related changes in both clinical and research settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the TFI with particular emphasis on factor analysis, internal consistency, reliability and validity. The original English version of the TFI was translated into Italian using the translation/back-translation process; 137 participants who were recruited at the Tinnitus Clinic in Milan and had suffered from tinnitus for at least three months (39.4% females, age: 18-80 years, mean age: 48.26, SD: 14.08) completed the Italian version of the TFI, the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), the Beck Depression Inventory-Primary Care Version (BDI-PC) and the Numeric Rating Scale of annoyance (NRS-A). Of these patients, 57 completed the TFI again at a second visit 7-14 days later, before undergoing any intervention, in order to provide data for reproducibility assessment. The psychometric properties were investigated using exploratory factor analysis and internal consistency and test-retest reliability instruments. The convergent validity of the TFI was evaluated using correlation coefficients obtained from the remaining measurements. The Italian TFI has a four-factor structure that was somewhat different from the original. The internal consistency proved to be good (0.92 ≤ α ≤ 0.96) as did the test-retest reliability (0.79 ≤ α ≤ 0.85). In terms of convergent validity, the TFI showed high correlations with the THI (r = 0.77) and the NRS-A (r = 0.70) scores, and moderate correlations with the BDI-PC scores (r = 0.46). The difficulties encountered when attempting to reproduce the original eight-factor structure were consistent with other studies in which the TFI was translated into European languages. In spite of this, the factorial structure of the Italian version of the TFI was characterised by high levels of reliability and validity. Overall, the Italian adaptation of the TFI was shown to be suitable to measure the impact of tinnitus on the daily lives of individuals.

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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

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Psychometric Data for the Reliability and Validity of the Mini Tinnitus Questionnaire Turkish Version (TQ 12-T)

Psychometric Data for the Reliability and Validity of the Mini Tinnitus Questionnaire Turkish Version (TQ 12-T)

Validation of the Chronic Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire (CTAQ-I): the Italian version

Psychometric properties of the Italian Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI)

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