Tinnitus assessment by means of standardized self-report questionnaires: Psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ), the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and their short versions in an international and multi-lingual sample

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zeman, Florian ^a   Koller, Michael ^a   Schecklmann, Martin ^b   Langguth, Berthold ^b   Landgrebe, Michael ^b   Figueired, Ricardo ^c   Aazevedo, Andreia ^c   Rates, Marcello ^c   Binetti, Carolina ^c   Elgoyhen, Ana Belen ^c   De Ridder, Dirk ^c   Vanneste, Sven ^c   Staudinger, Susanne ^c   Frank, Elmar ^c   Kreuzer, Peter M ^c   P̈ppl, Timm B ^c   Lehner, Astrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Psychometric properties; Tinnitus; Tinnitus handicap inventory; Tinnitus impairment questionnaire; Tinnitus questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TINNITUS QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; AUDIOMETRY; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINNITUS;

EID: 84867514925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-128     Document Type: Article

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