ReviewLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2021
Predictive value of the Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire-7 for identifying obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction: A systematic review.
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- Functional Assessment Beyond Type A Tympanograms: Pressure-Swallow Testing for Chronic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction in a Taiwanese Cohort.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- [Current hypotheses on the development of chronic otitis media with effusion in childhood].HNO · 2025Review
- Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Patient Questionnaire for Assessing Eustachian Tube Dysfunction in Greece.Journal of audiology & otology · 2025Article
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Diagnostic Pathway-What Is the Current State of the Art and How Relevant Is Chronic Nasal Disease?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Tubomanometry correlations with patient characteristics and other diagnostic tests of Eustachian tube dysfunction: a cohort study of 432 ears.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 · 2022Article
- Balloon Eustachian Tuboplasty and Grommet Insertion: A Combined Surgical Treatment for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media with Eustachian Tube Dysfunction.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Predictive value of the Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire-7 for identifying obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction: A systematic review.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2021Review
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- A Nomogram Diagnostic Model for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction in Patients with Tympanic Membrane Perforation.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-facialeArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo perform a systematic review to determine if a total score of ≥14.5 (mean score ≥ 2.1) on the ETDQ-7 accurately identifies patients with obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction (OETD) on impedance tympanometry (peak compliance <0.2 mL or middle ear pressure of -100 daPa) or other objective measures of OETD.
methodsA systematic review without a meta-analysis was performed of studies in four electronic databases (Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus) that used the ETDQ-7 and at least one objective measure of OETD.
resultsSix-hundred and fifty-two studies were identified in the initial literature search. Abstracts from 337 studies were screened, followed by full-text review of 61 studies, and qualitative synthesis of 12 studies. Tympanometry was used as an objective measure in ten studies. Eight of the 12 included studies had patient cohort selection bias. Eight studies administered the ETDQ-7 in cohorts of patients with or without OETD, already confirmed on tympanometry, and found a sensitivity of 91%-100% and specificity of 67%-100%. Four studies administered the ETDQ-7 to patients who had not previously undergone objective testing and found a sensitivity of 49%-80% and specificity of 24%-78%.
conclusionsThe ETDQ-7 is an important patient-reported outcome measure. However, based upon existing literature, the ETDQ-7 appears limited as a diagnostic tool for OETD or as an objective measure of Eustachian tube function.
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