Assessment of the impact of tinnitus on the life quality of Egyptians using Tinnitus Primary Function Questionnaire | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences | ||||
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 09 September 2020 | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.13698.1121 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hossam Sanyelbhaa 1; Ahmed Mahmoud Zein El Abedein 2; Reham Ali3 | ||||
1ENT department, faculty of medicine, Menoufia university. | ||||
2Audiology unit, E.N.T. department, Faculty of medicine, Menoufia university. | ||||
3Audiology unit, Benha teaching Hospital | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Tinnitus affects the life quality. Various questionnaires used for assessing its severity its impact on life. Among those is the Tinnitus Primary Function Questionnaire (TPFQ). Aim: Arabic translation of (TPFQ). Decide its validity and reliability among Egyptians with tinnitus. Material and methods: Agreement was obtained from the creator of the original TPFQ-12. The English version was converted into Arabic by a forward translation, back-translation, expert committee review, pretesting and finishing translation process according to the published guidelines for cross-civilizing adaptation of health-related quality of life measures. It was applied on a control group (100 normal not complaining of tinnitus) and a study group (80 patients with chronic tinnitus). Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were established. Results: The Arabic TPFQ-12 showed high internal consistency; Cronbach’s alpha 0.819 for study group while 0.806 for the control group. Repeatability of the Arabic TPFQ-12 questionnaire was high for the study and control groups respectively. with a significant difference between the study and control groups results. Conclusion: The Arabic TPFQ is a dependable tool for estimation of tinnitus effect on the quality of Egyptians life. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Tinnitus; translation; tinnitus primary function questionnaire; reliability; Arabic | ||||
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