Arnold, Rosemarie

Tuinstra, Jolanda

van Dijk, Pim

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   University of GroningenValidation of a Dutch version of the TFI in a tertiairy referral tinnitus clinic.Arnold, Rosemarie; Tuinstra, Jolanda; van Dijk, PimIMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite fromit. Please check the document version below.Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordPublication date:2016Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research databaseCitation for published version (APA):Arnold, R., Tuinstra, J., & van Dijk, P. (2016). Validation of a Dutch version of the TFI in a tertiairy referraltinnitus clinic.. 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For technical reasons thenumber of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum.Download date: 29-10-2022     University Medical Center Groningen    VALIDATION OF A DUTCH VERSION OF THE TFI  IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL TINNITUS CLINIC   Rosemarie Arnold1, Jolanda Tuinstra2, and Pim van Dijk1    1 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery, The Netherlands 2 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Science Shop, Dept. of Health Sciences, The Netherlands Correspondence: r.arnold@umcg.nl Introduction In recent years, the Tinnitus Functional Index has received increasing interest and has shown good qualities, both for clinical and research purposes (Meikle et al., 2012). Furthermore, research has shown the TFI to be responsive to treatment-related changes, which was one of the main purposes of the instrument (Henry et al., 2015). Our study presents the results of the validation of a Dutch version of the TFI in a population of tinnitus patients seen in a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic.       Discussion Overall, the Dutch version of the TFI has shown  good qualities with respect to the internal  consistency and convergent validity. However, the  divergent validity was less convincing, although the divergent correlations were consistent with earlier findings by Meikle et al. (2012). These lower, though significant divergent correlations are most likely the result of a large study sample.  Abstract P8 TABLE 1. Internal Consistency scores of the Dutch version of the TFI Tinnitus Functional Index N Items Cronbach’s Alpha   Intrusive   Sense of Control   Cognitive   Sleep   Auditory   Relaxation   Quality of Life   Emotional   Total 356 359 362 369 361 366 360 363 309 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 25 .82 .72 .92 .96 .95 .94 .89 .90 .95 Method The original TFI was translated by means of a translation-back translation procedure. The Dutch version of the TFI was administered to a group of consecutive tinnitus patients, who visited a tertiary referral tinnitus clinic. The self-report questionnaire consisted of the TFI, THI, HADS,  Cantril’s ladder, and  RAND-36. In total, 377 patients (aged 55 ± 14; 61% male) were included.      Results The internal consistency of most of the subscales  as well as the total TFI was good (Cronbach’s  alpha .72-.96, see table 1).  With respect to convergent validity, the results  showed significant correlations (r = .44-.79, see  table 3) between all TFI subscales and related  subscales of THI and psychological functioning. Low to modest correlations (r = .15-.41, see table  3) were found for TFI subscales sleep and auditory  with psychological functioning, which is indicative  of a satisfactory divergent validity. However, the  subscale cognitive was stronger related to QoL,  anxiety and depression scores. Furthermore, all  divergent correlations were significant, showing  only a modest divergent validity. TABLE 2.  Expected convergent and divergent correlations between TFI, THI, and measures of psychological functioning   TFI THI Funct. THI Emot. THI Catastr. RAND-36 Mental H Cantril’s Ladder HADS Anxiety HADS Depression  Intrusive  Control  Cognitive  Sleep  Auditory  Relaxation  QoL  Emotional      + + + + +   +           + +   +                 0 0 0   - -     0 0 0   - -     0 0 0 +   +     0 0 0   + + + = expected positive correlation  - = expected negative correlation 0 = no association expected TABLE 3.  Correlations between TFI, THI, and measures of psychological functioning   TFI THI Funct. THI Emot. THI Catastr. RAND-36 Mental H Cantril’s Ladder HADS Anxiety HADS Depression  Intrusive  Control  Cognitive  Sleep  Auditory  Relaxation  QoL  Emotional     .78** .59** .44** .67** .79**   .50**           .72** .79**   .56**                 -.51** -.36** -.15*   -.60** -.69**     -.53** -.34** -.17**   -.61** -.62**      .56** .41** .26** .59**   .65**     .52** .37** .20**   .54** .65** * = p < .05 ** = p < .001 Convergent validity: positive correlations in blue, negative correlations in red. Divergent correlations in green. 

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