Prabhu Prashanth, Chandrashekar Anusha, Jose Anita, Ganeshan Aishwarya, Kiruthika Lavanya
Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Apr;22(2):108-112. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1603644. Epub 2017 Jun 5.
It is essential to determine the quality of life among individuals with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). However, there is limited literature on health-related quality of life measurements in Kannada-speaking individuals with CSOM. The present study attempted to translate and validate Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 (COMQ-12) and Chronic Otitis Media Outcome Test-15 (COMOT-15) in Kannada. The English questionnaires were translated and back-translated, and they were later verified for content validity. The developed questionnaires were then administered to 100 individuals with CSOM for further validation. The results of the study showed that the translated questionnaires have good internal consistency for measuring quality of life among individuals with CSOM. The study also showed that Kannada-speaking individuals with CSOM show significant impairment in their health-related quality of life measures. The impairments were more related to ear symptoms and psychological issues. However, test-retest reliability of the developed questionnaire and its further validation are essential. Thus, these questionnaires attempt to understand the problems of the individuals with CSOM from the patients' perspective and help clinicians provide the appropriate management.
确定慢性化脓性中耳炎（CSOM）患者的生活质量至关重要。然而，关于说卡纳达语的CSOM患者健康相关生活质量测量的文献有限。本研究试图将慢性化脓性中耳炎问卷-12（COMQ-12）和慢性中耳炎结果测试-15（COMOT-15）翻译成卡纳达语并进行验证。英文问卷被翻译并回译，随后对其内容效度进行了验证。然后将编制好的问卷发放给100名CSOM患者进行进一步验证。研究结果表明，翻译后的问卷在测量CSOM患者生活质量方面具有良好的内部一致性。研究还表明，说卡纳达语的CSOM患者在健康相关生活质量测量方面存在显著损害。这些损害与耳部症状和心理问题更为相关。然而，编制好的问卷的重测信度及其进一步验证至关重要。因此，这些问卷试图从患者角度了解CSOM患者的问题，并帮助临床医生提供适当的治疗。
