Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 9, Pages 671-677Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.653448
Keywords
Tinnitus; tinnitus handicap inventory; THI-12; TBF-12; validation; inter-cultural validity
Funding
- Merz Pharmaceuticals
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Objective: To investigate and confirm the reliability and validity of the tinnitus handicap inventory12 (THI-12) in various countries and languages. Design: Prospective, observational study conducted in seven countries, using linguistically harmonized versions of the THI-12 in six languages. These were evaluated for test-retest reliability, internal consistency reliability, known-groups validity, and construct validity. Basic psychometric properties of supporting instruments were compared. Questionnaires were completed by the subjects at baseline and again after 12-30 days. Study sample: Adults with a clinical diagnosis of subjective tinnitus. Results: An exploratory factor analysis of the THI-12 items for the U. S. study population at baseline revealed a single common factor of high eigenvalue. Confirmatory factor analysis supported this in the separate countries. Test-retest reliability was moderate to high, and the conclusions were supported by a known-groups analysis; correlations with other scales expected to support construct validity were moderate. Conclusions: The THI-12 total score showed acceptable psychometric properties for all countries tested. The relationships between the THI-12 and the one-month and one-week versions of the TRS and TSS were similar and convergent. The THI-12 is thus a promising diagnostic tool for assessing treatment effects in multi-cultural and multi-lingual trials on tinnitus therapy.
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