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Chinese validation and clinical application of the tinnitus functional index
Chinese validation and clinical application of the tinnitus functional index
- Source :
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020), Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective The Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) is a new diagnostic measure of the functional impact of tinnitus that is also a sensitive measure of treatment-related changes. However, the TFI has not been translated into Chinese and fully validated in China. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity of a Chinese version of the TFI as a diagnostic measure of tinnitus severity in a sample of Chinese patients and to verify the value of its clinical application in China. Design A sample of 206 patients whose primary complaint was tinnitus was used to analyze the reliability and validity of the TFI. In addition, patients were asked to fill out the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) to compare TFI with their association. The internal consistency of the TFI was assessed with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The factor structure of the TFI was assessed by Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). The extracted factors were compared to those of the original TFI scale. Results The reliability of the Chinese version of the TFI (Cronbach’ s α = .969) showed high internal consistency. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the TFI showed that six factors with one main factor could be extracted instead of eight factors as described in the original version. Nevertheless, relations to the original eight subscales could be demonstrated. A high correlation between the TFI and the THI (r = .865, p r = .334, p r = .559, p r = − 0.324, p Conclusion After translated and validated a Chinese version of the TFI and found that the TFI had high reliability and validity, which means both instruments are reliable instruments to assess the severity of tinnitus in clinical applications in China.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
China
medicine.medical_specialty
Beck Anxiety Inventory
Audiology
lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
Factor structure
Severity of Illness Index
Correlation
Tinnitus
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
Cronbach's alpha
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Translations
030212 general & internal medicine
Aged
business.industry
Research
030503 health policy & services
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Discriminant validity
Reproducibility of Results
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Exploratory factor analysis
Index
Reliability and validity
Quality of Life
lcsh:R858-859.7
Female
medicine.symptom
Factor Analysis, Statistical
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14777525
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fbfe9c3f2033565eb77af5d19abd1a15
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01514-w