Validation of online versions of tinnitus questionnaires translated into Swedish

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Müller, Karolina ^a   Edvall, Niklas K ^b   Idrizbegovic, Esma ^c   Huhn, Robert ^c   Cima, Rilana ^d,e   Persson, Viktor ^f   Leineweber, Constanze ^f   Westerlund, Hugo ^f   Langguth, Berthold ^a   Schlee, Winfried ^a   Canlon, Barbara ^b   Cederroth, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology   (Netherlands)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hyperacusis; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Stress; TFI; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL VALIDITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR OF TINNITUS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERACUSIS QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS QUESTIONNAIRE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TINNITUS; TINNITUS CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; TINNITUS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TINNITUS SAMPLE CASE HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 85006247004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00272     Document Type: Article

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