Özgür Erdoğan, Bilgen Cem, Cengiz Özyurt Beyhan
Nazilli State Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Aydın, Turkey.
Ege University, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Izmir, Turkey.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Jul-Aug;84(4):435-440. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2017.05.001. Epub 2017 May 31.
During clinical evaluations, in order to interpret patients' complaints caused by Eustachian tube dysfunction and to monitor the success of the treatment, standardized and disease-related scales are necessary.
The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Eustachian tube dysfunction questionnaire-7.
Forty patients diagnosed with Eustachian tube dysfunction and 40 healthy individuals were enrolled for the study. After language validation of the Eustachian tube dysfunction questionnaire-7 for Turkish, a scale was completed by the both Eustachian tube dysfunction and control groups. Two weeks after the first evaluation, 15 of the cases filled out the scale again without any treatment intervention. Known-groups method was used in validity analysis. Floor-ceiling effect, test-retest method, item-total score correlation and internal consistency analysis were used in reliability analyses.
Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.714 for the entire questionnaire. The test-retest reliability coefficient for the total scale was determined as 0.792, indicating correlation between the two questionnaires completed by the same patient over time. In the Eustachian tube dysfunction group, total and each item scores were found significantly higher than the control group (p<0.001).
The Turkish version of Eustachian tube dysfunction questionnaire-7 was found to be highly valid and reliable. This scale is recommended to use for screening of Eustachian tube dysfunction and evaluating treatment outcome.
在临床评估中，为了解释咽鼓管功能障碍引起的患者主诉并监测治疗效果，需要标准化的、与疾病相关的量表。
本研究旨在探讨土耳其语版咽鼓管功能障碍问卷-7的有效性和可靠性。
40例被诊断为咽鼓管功能障碍的患者和40名健康个体纳入本研究。对咽鼓管功能障碍问卷-7进行土耳其语语言验证后，咽鼓管功能障碍组和对照组均完成该量表。首次评估两周后，15例患者在未进行任何治疗干预的情况下再次填写该量表。有效性分析采用已知群体法。可靠性分析采用地板效应、重测法、项目总分相关性和内部一致性分析。
整个问卷的Cronbach's α系数为0.714。总量表的重测信度系数为0.792，表明同一患者随时间完成的两份问卷之间存在相关性。在咽鼓管功能障碍组中，总分及各项目得分均显著高于对照组（p<0.001）。
土耳其语版咽鼓管功能障碍问卷-7具有较高的有效性和可靠性。推荐使用该量表筛查咽鼓管功能障碍并评估治疗效果。
