Fu Sherry, Chen Yi-Chen, Wang Chi-Te
Mackay Medical College, Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Taipei American School, Lower School, Taipei, Taiwan.
University of Taipei, Graduate Master's Program of Speech and Language Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Voice. 2025 Jan;39(1):279.e1-279.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.06.022. Epub 2022 Aug 8.
The present study aims to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Mandarin version of the Singing Voice Handicap Index-10 (MSVHI-10).
One hundred and fifteen singers, aged from 21 to 65, participated in this study. All the subjects completed the Mandarin version of the SVHI-10 and the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10). Other gathered information include sex, age, type of singing performance, and the accumulated years of singing. We also asked the participants to self-report the presence of singing voice complaint. Statistical analyses were performed to evaluate the validity, reliability, and the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve of MSVHI-10.
The results showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's α =0.96), with the scores of each question ranged from 0.57 to 0.90. Forty-three singers re-filled the MSVHI-10 with an interval of 12.7 ± 9.3 days (mean ± standard deviation), and the results showed a high test-retest reliability (r = 0.98, P < 0.01). The SVHI-10 scores were significantly correlated with the VHI-10 (r = 0.54-0.72, P < 0.01). ROC analysis revealed a high differentiating accuracy for distinguishing between the subjects with or without singing voice complaints, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.97. At the cut-off score of 21.5, the sensitivity and specificity were 85.7% and 95.9%, respectively.
The Mandarin version of the SVHI-10 has been shown to be a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating the self-perception of singing voice complaints.
本研究旨在评估中文版歌唱嗓音障碍指数-10（MSVHI-10）的信度和效度。
115名年龄在21至65岁之间的歌手参与了本研究。所有受试者均完成了中文版SVHI-10和嗓音障碍指数-10（VHI-10）。收集的其他信息包括性别、年龄、歌唱表演类型以及歌唱累计年限。我们还要求参与者自我报告是否存在歌唱嗓音问题。进行统计分析以评估MSVHI-10的效度、信度和受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线。
结果显示内部一致性较高（Cronbach's α =0.96），每个问题的得分范围为0.57至0.90。43名歌手在间隔12.7±9.3天（均值±标准差）后重新填写了MSVHI-10，结果显示重测信度较高（r = 0.98，P < 0.01）。SVHI-10得分与VHI-10显著相关（r = 0.54 - 0.72，P < 0.01）。ROC分析显示，在区分有无歌唱嗓音问题的受试者方面具有较高的区分准确性，曲线下面积（AUC）为0.97。在临界分数21.5时，敏感性和特异性分别为85.7%和95.9%。
中文版SVHI-10已被证明是一种可靠且有效的工具，用于评估歌唱嗓音问题的自我认知。
