Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Psychometric properties of the Norwegian translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR)

Heggdal, Peder O.Laugen ; Aarsnes, Lorents P. ; Brännström, K. Jonas LU and Aarstad, Hans Jørgen (2022) In International Journal of Audiology 61(3). p.239-244
Abstract

Objective: To assess the psychometric properties of a Norwegian translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR). Design: A survey was sent by post to patients referred with tinnitus as their main complaint to an audiology department. Patients completed a Norwegian version of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR), a Norwegian translation of two revised subscales of the Abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit (APHAB), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) as well as questionnaires measuring coping expectancies (TOMCATS) and neuroticism (EPI). Study sample: Ninety-nine persons with tinnitus. Results: No associations were found between THI-scores or pure-tone audiometry, gender or age. The proposed subscales of the... (More)

Objective: To assess the psychometric properties of a Norwegian translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR). Design: A survey was sent by post to patients referred with tinnitus as their main complaint to an audiology department. Patients completed a Norwegian version of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR), a Norwegian translation of two revised subscales of the Abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit (APHAB), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) as well as questionnaires measuring coping expectancies (TOMCATS) and neuroticism (EPI). Study sample: Ninety-nine persons with tinnitus. Results: No associations were found between THI-scores or pure-tone audiometry, gender or age. The proposed subscales of the original THI were not formed by responses from responders. The total scale shows good psychometric properties. Significant correlations were found between distress as measured by the GHQ-12, coping expectancies as measured by TOMCATS and neuroticism as measured by EPI and THI scores. Conclusions: THI-NOR has psychometric properties similar to those of the Danish translation (THI-DK), from which it was adapted, and to the original THI. THI-NOR seems to be a valid measure of the impact of tinnitus on a person’s everyday life. Findings show that the suggested subscales of the questionnaire should be interpreted with caution.

(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS), Tinnitus, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI)
in
International Journal of Audiology
volume
61
issue
3
pages
239 - 244
publisher
Taylor & Francis
external identifiers
  • scopus:85106415025
  • pmid:34032526
ISSN
1499-2027
DOI
10.1080/14992027.2021.1922769
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
82a7064c-3206-4f27-940b-8084b1033adf
date added to LUP
2021-06-17 11:21:54
date last changed
2024-04-20 07:39:05
@article{82a7064c-3206-4f27-940b-8084b1033adf,
  abstract     = {{<p>Objective: To assess the psychometric properties of a Norwegian translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR). Design: A survey was sent by post to patients referred with tinnitus as their main complaint to an audiology department. Patients completed a Norwegian version of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR), a Norwegian translation of two revised subscales of the Abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit (APHAB), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) as well as questionnaires measuring coping expectancies (TOMCATS) and neuroticism (EPI). Study sample: Ninety-nine persons with tinnitus. Results: No associations were found between THI-scores or pure-tone audiometry, gender or age. The proposed subscales of the original THI were not formed by responses from responders. The total scale shows good psychometric properties. Significant correlations were found between distress as measured by the GHQ-12, coping expectancies as measured by TOMCATS and neuroticism as measured by EPI and THI scores. Conclusions: THI-NOR has psychometric properties similar to those of the Danish translation (THI-DK), from which it was adapted, and to the original THI. THI-NOR seems to be a valid measure of the impact of tinnitus on a person’s everyday life. Findings show that the suggested subscales of the questionnaire should be interpreted with caution.</p>}},
  author       = {{Heggdal, Peder O.Laugen and Aarsnes, Lorents P. and Brännström, K. Jonas and Aarstad, Hans Jørgen}},
  issn         = {{1499-2027}},
  keywords     = {{patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS); Tinnitus; Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI)}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{239--244}},
  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Audiology}},
  title        = {{Psychometric properties of the Norwegian translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-NOR)}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1922769}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/14992027.2021.1922769}},
  volume       = {{61}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}