TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric evaluation of the tinnitus impact questionnaire using patients seeking help for tinnitus or tinnitus with hyperacusis
AU - Aazh, Hashir
AU - Hayes, Chloe
AU - Moore, Brian C.J.
AU - Vitoratou, Silia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society.
PY - 2022/8/2
Y1 - 2022/8/2
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Impact Questionnaire (TIQ), whose questions focus on assessing the impact of tinnitus on the patient’s day to day activities, mood, and sleep, and not on hearing difficulties. Design: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. Study sample: Data were included for 172 adult patients who attended a tinnitus and hyperacusis clinic in the UK within a six-month period and who had completed the TIQ. Results: Two items whose scores were very highly correlated with those for other items were removed, leaving seven items. Exploratory factor analysis suggested a single factor for the TIQ. A multiple causes multiple indicator model showed significant but very small direct effects of age on TIQ scores for two items, after adjustment for gender. The TIQ had excellent internal consistency, with Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89. The total TIQ score was moderately to strongly correlated with scores for the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, Screening for Anxiety and Depression-Tinnitus questionnaire, Hyperacusis Questionnaire, and Hyperacusis Impact Questionnaire, indicating convergent validity. The TIQ score was weakly correlated with the pure-tone average hearing threshold, indicating discriminant validity. Conclusions: The TIQ is a brief, valid and internally consistent questionnaire for assessing the impact of tinnitus.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Impact Questionnaire (TIQ), whose questions focus on assessing the impact of tinnitus on the patient’s day to day activities, mood, and sleep, and not on hearing difficulties. Design: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. Study sample: Data were included for 172 adult patients who attended a tinnitus and hyperacusis clinic in the UK within a six-month period and who had completed the TIQ. Results: Two items whose scores were very highly correlated with those for other items were removed, leaving seven items. Exploratory factor analysis suggested a single factor for the TIQ. A multiple causes multiple indicator model showed significant but very small direct effects of age on TIQ scores for two items, after adjustment for gender. The TIQ had excellent internal consistency, with Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89. The total TIQ score was moderately to strongly correlated with scores for the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, Screening for Anxiety and Depression-Tinnitus questionnaire, Hyperacusis Questionnaire, and Hyperacusis Impact Questionnaire, indicating convergent validity. The TIQ score was weakly correlated with the pure-tone average hearing threshold, indicating discriminant validity. Conclusions: The TIQ is a brief, valid and internally consistent questionnaire for assessing the impact of tinnitus.
KW - hyperacusis
KW - outcome measure
KW - psychometry
KW - questionnaire
KW - Tinnitus
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U2 - 10.1080/14992027.2022.2101027
DO - 10.1080/14992027.2022.2101027
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135265042
SN - 1499-2027
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
ER -