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ArticleJournal of communication disorders

Development and psychometric validation of a questionnaire assessing the impact of tinnitus on significant others.

Eldré W Beukes, David W Maidment, Gerhard Andersson, Marc A Fagleson, Eithne Heffernan, Vinaya Manchaiah

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Article in Journal of communication disorders. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The Effects of Tinnitus on Significant Others.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Eldré W BeukesDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, United States of America; Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Group, School of Psychology and Sports Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain NL NT Ireland; Virtual Hearing Lab, Collaborative initiative between Lamar University and University of Pretoria Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Electronic address: eldre.beukes@aru.ac.uk.
David W MaidmentSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Gerhard AnderssonDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Marc A FaglesonDepartment of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America; Audiological Rehabilitation Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee, United States of America.
Eithne HeffernanDiscipline of General Practice, Clinical Science Institute, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland.
Vinaya ManchaiahDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, United States of America; Department of Speech and Hearing, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India; Virtual Hearing Lab, Collaborative initiative between Lamar University and University of Pretoria Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
East Tennessee State University · USLamar University · USLinköping University · SELoughborough University · GBManipal Academy of Higher Education · INOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

Cognitive Behavior Therapy based self-help delivered via the Internet for tinnitus suffers: Efficacy trial in the U.S. populationR21DC017214 · NIDCD · LAMAR UNIVERSITY · PI MANCHAIAH, VINAYA · 2018 to 2020
$398k
NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC017214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDespite evidence showing that tinnitus can have a detrimental impact on significant others (SOs), no standardized self-reported measure is currently available that specifically assesses the presence of third-party disability for tinnitus. The aim of this study was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of a newly developed self-reported measure for SOs of tinnitus and assess how scores could be meaningfully interpreted.

methodsThe research consisted of two phases. During Phase I, the Consequences of Tinnitus on Significant Others Questionnaire (CTSOQ) was developed using the The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) guidance. Phase II included the assessment of psychometric properties of the CTSOQ including the construct validity, internal consistency, interpretability, and responsiveness. Pairs of 194 individuals with tinnitus and their SOs completed a series of online questionnaires. SOs completed the CTSOQ measure while individuals with tinnitus completed measures related to tinnitus distress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and quality of life.

resultsA 25 item CTSOQ was developed using a formative model. The questionnaire validation process indicated good psychometric properties with an internal consistency of 0.93 and inter-item correlation of 0.60. Support was found for the construct and discriminative validity of the measure. Floor and ceiling effects were negligible. Scores can be meaningfully interpreted to indicate mild, significant, or severe effect of tinnitus on SOs. The questionnaire was also found to be responsive to treatment-related changes.

conclusionsThe CTSOQ was found to have sufficient measurement properties suggesting that it is a suitable measure of third-party disability for SOs of individuals with tinnitus. Further research should be initiated to measure face validity and what scores reflect clinically meaningful change.

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TinnitusHumansPsychometricsQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesOutcome measurementPsychometric propertiesQuestionnaire validationSignificant othersThird-party disabilityTinnitus

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