Translation and Standardization for a Korean Version of the Client Oriented Scale of Improvement.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2017.00024
- Author:
Jin Woong CHOI
1
;
Bong Jik KIM
;
Yong Hwi AN
;
Moo Kyun PARK
;
Kyung Ho PARK
;
Seung Hwan LEE
;
Joong Ho AHN
;
Byung Yoon CHOI
;
Yang Sun CHO
;
Gyu Cheol HAN
Author Information
1. Questionnaire Translation Committee of the Korean Audiological Society, Seoul, Korea. hangckr@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hearing aids;
Hearing disability;
Korean;
Questionnaire;
Standardization
- MeSH:
Hearing;
Hearing Aids;
Hearing Loss;
Humans;
Linguistics;
Methods;
Referral and Consultation;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2017;60(7):336-341
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Client Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI) has been designed to identify client needs, changes in listening ability, and final listening ability in situations important to each client. The aim of this study was to translate COSI into Korean with subsequent linguistic validation and to determine the reliability of the Korean version of the COSI (K-COSI). SUBJECTS AND METHOD: An expert panel translated the original version of COSI into the Korean language. A bilingual translator back-translated the translated version into English, which was subsequently compared with the original English version. K-COSI was administered at 14 referral hospitals, to 128 patients with hearing disability after cognitive debriefing. Reliability was assessed using correlation study. RESULTS: K-COSI showed an excellent test-retest correlation and high reliability in degree of change (Spearman correlation=0.89, interclass correlation coefficient=0.922). It also showed a fair test-retest correlation and high reliability in final hearing ability (Spearman correlation=0.49, interclass correlation coefficient=0.353) CONCLUSION: K-COSI proved to be highly reliable. The results suggest that the adapted Korean version of COSI is a reliable and valid measure for Korean-speaking patients with hearing loss.
