Paul Mark, Abdullah Asma, Hashim Noor Dina, Ismail Nur Fadhilah Megat, Shah Shamsul Azhar
Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bharu, Jalan Persiaran Abu Bakar Sultan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Johor Bharu, Malaysia.
Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Medeni Med J. 2023 Jun 20;38(2):128-139. doi: 10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2023.60980.
The Nijmegen Cochlear Implant questionnaire (NCIQ) was used to gauge the quality of life (QOL) improvement among cochlear implant (CI) users who suffered from post-lingual deafness. This study aimed to determine the consistency and reliability of the Malay version of the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant questionnaire (NCIQ-M) and to report the QOL of patients using NCIQ-M.
This study has two phases: Phase I involves the translation of the NCIQ from English to Malay, followed by internal consistency and test-retest reliability assessment of the final version of NCIQ-M. Phase II involves QOL assessment of post-lingual deafness using NCIQ-M.
Twenty CI users and 20 non-CI users answered the NCIQ-M. Test-retest reliability analysis of the NCIQ-M was performed using an intraclass correlation coefficient, achieving scores of more than 0.85. Internal consistency was analysed with Cronbach α of more than 0.70 in all subdomains. Scores between the two groups of subjects were analyzed using an independent sample t-test. Good internal consistency, intraclass correlation, and test-retest reliability were obtained. Scores in all six subdomains of the NCIQ-M are significantly higher in the CI user group than in the non-CI user group.
The NCIQ-M is a consistent and reliable subjective questionnaire to determine the QOL of CI users concerning physical, psychological, and social functioning.
使用奈梅亨人工耳蜗问卷（NCIQ）来评估语后聋人工耳蜗（CI）使用者的生活质量（QOL）改善情况。本研究旨在确定马来语版奈梅亨人工耳蜗问卷（NCIQ-M）的信度和效度，并报告使用NCIQ-M的患者的生活质量。
本研究分为两个阶段：第一阶段包括将NCIQ从英语翻译成马来语，随后对NCIQ-M的最终版本进行内部一致性和重测信度评估。第二阶段包括使用NCIQ-M对语后聋患者进行生活质量评估。
20名CI使用者和20名非CI使用者回答了NCIQ-M。使用组内相关系数对NCIQ-M进行重测信度分析，得分超过0.85。所有子领域的内部一致性用Cronbach α分析，均超过0.70。使用独立样本t检验分析两组受试者之间的得分。获得了良好的内部一致性、组内相关性和重测信度。NCIQ-M所有六个子领域的得分在CI使用者组中显著高于非CI使用者组。
NCIQ-M是一份一致且可靠的主观问卷，用于确定CI使用者在身体、心理和社会功能方面的生活质量。
