Validation of a Korean Version of the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire.
- Author:
Hyung Jin JUN
1
;
Ik Won YOO
;
Sun Jin HWANG
;
Soon Young HWANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Tinnitus; Questionnaires; Validity and Reliability
- MeSH: Depression; Humans; Masks; Psychoacoustics; Reproducibility of Results; Tinnitus*
- From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology 2015;8(3):198-201
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The goal of the present study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the tinnitus handicap questionnaire (THQ-K). METHODS: A total of 60 patients were included in this study. Patients responded to the THQ-K, the tinnitus handicap inventory (THI), Beck's depression index (BDI), and the visual analogue scale (VAS) for loudness and pitch, loudness match, and minimum masking level (MML) test were performed. RESULTS: Internal consistency of the THQ-K was examined using Cronbach coefficient alpha. Cronbach alpha was 0.96. The THQ-K showed a significant correlation with THI, BDI, VAS for distress, and VAS for loudness, but no significant correlation with psychoacoustic measurement of tinnitus, such as loudness match, pitch match, and MML. CONCLUSION: The THQ-K is a reliable and valid test for evaluating the degree of handicap due to tinnitus for both research and clinical use.
