Validation of the Voice Handicap Index by Assessing Equivalence of European Translations

Leeuw, Irma M. Verdonck‐de; Kuik, Dirk J.; Bodt, de Marc; Guimarães, Isabel; Holmberg, Eva B.; Nawka, Tadeus; Rosen, Clark A.; Schindler, Antonio; Whurr, Renata; Woisard, Virginie

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“…The VHI, and the VHI-T 19 (the VHI with a subscale on throat problems [41], have been shown to separate subjects with and without voice disorders [41,42,66]. It is noteworthy that the highest OR of the VHI-T subscales was found on the emotional subscale, which indicates that teachers with voice problems are twice as likely as their voice healthy colleagues to score high on this subscale.…”

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How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

2012

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ObjectivesThis randomized case-control study compares teachers with self-reported voice problems, to age, gender and school-matched colleagues with self-reported voice health. The self-assessed voice function is related to factors known to influence the voice: laryngeal findings, voice quality, and personality, psycho social and coping aspects, searching for causative factors of voice problems in teachers. MethodsSubjects and controls, recruited from a teacher-group in an earlier questionnaire study, underwent examinations of the larynx by High-Speed Imaging and Kymograms; voice recordings; Voice Range Profile; audiometry; self assessment of voice handicap and voice function; teaching and environmental aspects; personality; coping ; burnout, and work-related issues. The laryngeal and voice recordings were assessed by experienced phoniatricians and speech pathologists. ResultsThe subjects with self-assessed voice problems differed from their peers with self-assessed voice health by significantly longer recovery-time from voice problems, and scored higher on all subscales of the Voice Handicap Index-T. ConclusionsThe results show that the cause of voice dysfunction in this group of teachers with self-reported voice problems is not found in the vocal apparatus or within the individual. The individual's perception of a voice problem seems to be based on a combination of the number of symptoms and of how often the symptoms occur, along with the time for recovery. The results also underline the importance of using self-assessed reports of voice dysfunction 1 Background and aim

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How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

2012

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“…9 The VHI has been translated and validated into several languages, including Dutch, and the various versions are proven to be equivalent. 10 …”

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Patient reported voice outcome in recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

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Objectives/Hypothesis:To assess the impact of patient reported voice outcome on quality of life and emotional functioning in patients treated for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).Study Design:Cross‐sectional.Methods:All adult patients treated for RRP between 1984 and 2008 were asked to participate. Outcome measures were obtained from questionnaires including VHI (Voice Handicap Index), HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), 36‐Item Short Form Health Survey (SF‐36), and Utrechtse Coping List.Results:Out of 45 included patients, 34 (22 males,12 females) participated (76%). Mean age was 52 years (range, 25–85 years). RRP was located only in the larynx in 90% of the cases. Adult onset RRP was diagnosed in 29 cases, juvenile onset RRP in 5. Median number of surgical procedures was five (range, 1–17). In this study cohort, 68% scored above the VHI cutoff point, and 18% had an increased risk for depression or anxiety disorders (HADS). VHI scores were related to age, time between consecutive surgeries, time since last surgery, and passive coping. They were not related to gender, onset of RRP, or location. VHI scores were related to the SF‐36 subscales social functioning (r = −0.43) and mental health (r = −0.43).Conclusions:Patients with RRP often report voice problems in daily life, and this is related to (a passive) coping style, social functioning, and mental health. Psychosocial intervention targeting an adaptive coping style may be beneficial in selected cases. Laryngoscope, 2010

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“…Furthermore, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality reported in 2002 that the VHI met stringent criteria for reliability, validity and availability of normative data [10]. The VHI has been translated into many different languages [11,12,13,14,15,16,17], and it has been validated by assessing equivalence of the European translation of the questionnaire to German, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Belgian and Swedish [17]. The US VHI and the various European translations appear to be equivalent, suggesting that the results from the various published translations are comparable [17].…”

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“…The VHI has been translated into many different languages [11,12,13,14,15,16,17], and it has been validated by assessing equivalence of the European translation of the questionnaire to German, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Belgian and Swedish [17]. The US VHI and the various European translations appear to be equivalent, suggesting that the results from the various published translations are comparable [17]. Current non-European translations include Brazilian Portuguese [11], Chinese [13] and Arabic [14].…”

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Cross-Cultural Adaption and Translation of the Voice Handicap Index into Norwegian

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Grieg

Heimdal

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Folia Phoniatr Logop

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Aims: To examine the psychometric properties of a Norwegian translation of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and test its ability to discriminate between patients and controls. Abbreviated versions of VHI were also studied. Method: Following standard translation, 126 healthy subjects and 126 patients with laryngeal disease answered the Norwegian translation of the VHI-30 [hereafter, VHI-30(N)]. Results: The VHI(N) showed a high Cronbach α. Control/patient scores were as follows: Emotional (E): 0.88/0.90; Functional (F): 0.77/0.91; Physical (P): 0.86/0.83, and total: 0.93/0.94.One three-level question where the subjects rated the level of voice disease correlated well with the VHI(N) scores. The 90th (95th) percentile of the control score was 18 (33), whereas the mean ± SEM patient score was 52.3 ± 2.04 of a maximum of 120 points. Differences between patient and control groups were significant for all questions on the VHI(N). Receiver operating characteristic analyses demonstrate that the F, P, E and total VHI scores discriminated very well between patients and controls. This was also the case when the abbreviated scales were analyzed as published by Nawka et al. [Folia Phoniatr Logop 2009;61:37–48] and Rosen et al. [Laryngoscope 2004;114:1549–1556]. Conclusion: This Norwegian version of the VHI questionnaire seems to be psychometrically sound.

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Validation of the Voice Handicap Index by Assessing Equivalence of European Translations

Cited by 108 publications

References 19 publications

How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

Patient reported voice outcome in recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

Cross-Cultural Adaption and Translation of the Voice Handicap Index into Norwegian

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