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SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2019

Measurement properties of self-report questionnaires on health-related quality of life and functional health status in dysphonia: a systematic review using the COSMIN taxonomy.

Renée Speyer, Jae-Hyun Kim, Kenji Doma, Yu-Wei Chen, Deborah Denman, Debra Phyland, Lauren Parsons, Reinie Cordier

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Synthesis in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Glottic insufficiency caused by vocal fold atrophy with or without sulcus: systematic review of outcome measurements.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Renée SpeyerDepartment of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. renee.speyer@iso.edu.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2828-8897
Jae-Hyun KimDepartment of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-5837
Kenji DomaCollege of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8903-0067
Yu-Wei ChenFaculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-1279
Deborah DenmanSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8264-6160
Debra PhylandDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8916-3695
Lauren ParsonsSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4209-7168
Reinie CordierSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9906-5300
Curtin University · AUJames Cook University · AUMacquarie University · AUMonash University · AUThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe current review was conducted to identify all self-report questionnaires on functional health status (FHS) and/or health-related quality-of-life (HR-QoL) in adult populations with dysphonia (voice problems), and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the retrieved questionnaires.

methodsA systematic review was performed in the electronic literature databases PubMed and Embase. The psychometric properties of the questionnaires were determined using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) taxonomy and checklist. Responsiveness was outside the scope of this review and as no agreed 'gold standard' measures are available in the field of FHS and HR-QoL in dysphonia, criterion validity was not assessed. Only questionnaires developed and published in English were included.

resultsForty-eight studies reported on the psychometric properties of 15 identified questionnaires. As many psychometric data were missing or resulted from biased study designs or statistical analyses, only preliminary conclusions can be drawn. Based on the current available psychometric evidence in the literature, the Voice Handicap Index seems to be the most promising questionnaire, followed by the Vocal Performance Questionnaire.

conclusionsMore research is needed to complete missing data on psychometric properties of existing questionnaires in FHS and/or HR-QoL. Further, when developing new questionnaires, the use of item response theory is preferred above classical testing theory, as well as international consensus-based psychometric definitions and criteria to avoid bias in outcome data on measurement properties.

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DysphoniaHealth StatusHumansPsychometricsQuality of LifeSelf ReportSurveys and QuestionnairesAssessmentDysphoniaReliabilityValidityVoice

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PMID30293101
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