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ArticleFolia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)2025

Validation of the Spanish Version of the Voice-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Clinical Applications.

Francisco Contreras-Ruston, Andrés Rosenbaum Fuentes, Lukas Salfate Velásquez, Karol Acevedo, Nury Gonzalez, Norma León Meneses, Carla Napolitano, Marco Guzman

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Article in Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Francisco Contreras-RustonDepartment of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Andrés Rosenbaum FuentesDepartamento Otorrinolaringología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Lukas Salfate VelásquezDepartamento Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Salvador, Santiago, Chile.
Karol AcevedoEscuela de Fonoaudiología, Facultad de Odontología y Ciencias de la Rehabilitación, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.
Nury GonzalezSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiology Department - Universidad de Valparaíso, San Felipe, Chile.
Norma León MenesesDepartamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Carla NapolitanoDepartamento Otorrinolaringología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Marco GuzmanDepartment of Communication Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.

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Abstract

introductionThe present study aimed to validate the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL), vocal self-assessment questionnaire for Spanish.

methodsThe validation and psychometric properties were developed according to the criteria of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Medical Outcomes Trust (SAC). The Spanish translation for linguistic and cultural adaptation of the V-RQOL was used. The study involved 193 participants, including 90 vocally healthy individuals and 103 patients with voice disorders, to establish validity. To evaluate reliability, the protocol was applied to 40 participants with dysphonia, who answered it twice before the treatment. Then to determine response changes, the responses of 13 dysphonic participants to the V-RQOL for Spanish were analyzed after intervention and then compared to the initial ones. Clinicians contrasted subjects' V-RQOL results with a perceptual analysis of voice quality using the GRBAS scale. In order to determine sensitivity and specificity cut-off values, tools results were subjected to the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The sensitivity was obtained from the experimental group (dysphonic group) and the specificity from the control group (non-dysphonic group).

resultsThis version of the V-RQOL questionnaire may be used as part of the standard assessment process of people with voice complaints and as an outcome of treatment efficacy in clinical trials.

conclusionA validation of the V-RQOL for Spanish in Chilean population was achieved.

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DysphoniaQuality of LifeVoice DisordersVoice QualityAdultAgedFemaleHumansLanguageMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSpainSurveys and QuestionnairesTranslationsAssessmentCross-culturalDysphoniaSelf-perceptionVoice quality

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