Aazh Hashir, Kula Fatma Betul
Hashir International Specialist Clinics & Research Institute for Misophonia, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2025 Jun 5;20(6):e0324726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324726. eCollection 2025.
The objectives of this study were to (1) assess if previously reported unidimensional factor structure of the Misophonia Impact Questionnaire (MIQ), Tinnitus Impact Questionnaire (TIQ), and Hyperacusis Impact Questionnaire (HIQ) can be confirmed in a nonclinical population, and (2) examine test-retest reliability and establish the minimum detectable change (MDC) for MIQ, TIQ and HIQ. 451 people completed the MIQ and HIQ sections of an online survey. A sub-sample of 173/451 who had tinnitus completed the TIQ too. 130/451 participants completed the second survey with 2 weeks interval for the MIQ and HIQ and 32/173 participants with tinnitus completed the TIQ in the second survey. All questionnaires showed excellent internal consistency, with Cronbach's α of 0.93 for both the MIQ and TIQ and 0.91 for the HIQ. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed that the MIQ, TIQ and HIQ were all one-factor questionnaires. Based on the intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) values, the test-retest reliability was good for MIQ and HIQ and it was excellent for TIQ. Based on the MDC values, when these questionnaires are used for repeated measurements, the minimum amount of change that constitutes a true change is ≥ 8 for the total score of MIQ, ≥ 4 for the TIQ, and ≥ 7 for the total score of HIQ. In conclusion, the MIQ, TIQ and HIQ can be used in clinical practice or research setting to measure the impact of misophonia, tinnitus and hyperacusis on the individual's life, respectively, as one-factor questionnaires with excellent internal consistency and good to excellent test-retest reliability.
(1)评估先前报告的恐音症影响问卷(MIQ)、耳鸣影响问卷(TIQ)和听觉过敏影响问卷(HIQ)的单维因子结构是否能在非临床人群中得到证实;(2)检验重测信度并确定MIQ、TIQ和HIQ的最小可检测变化(MDC)。451人完成了一项在线调查中的MIQ和HIQ部分。451人中173人有耳鸣的子样本也完成了TIQ。451名参与者中的130人在间隔2周后完成了第二次调查中的MIQ和HIQ,173名有耳鸣的参与者中的32人在第二次调查中完成了TIQ。所有问卷均显示出良好的内部一致性,MIQ和TIQ的Cronbach's α系数均为0.93,HIQ为0.91。验证性因子分析(CFA)表明,MIQ、TIQ和HIQ均为单因子问卷。根据组内相关系数(ICC)值,MIQ和HIQ的重测信度良好,TIQ的重测信度优秀。根据MDC值,当这些问卷用于重复测量时,构成真正变化的最小变化量为:MIQ总分≥8,TIQ≥4,HIQ总分≥7。总之,MIQ、TIQ和HIQ可分别用于临床实践或研究环境中,以测量恐音症、耳鸣和听觉过敏对个体生活的影响,作为具有良好内部一致性和良好至优秀重测信度的单因子问卷。