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Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of the Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire

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Background and Aim:  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the only  evidence-based and promising management method for tinnitus patients. To assess a patient’s progress during and after CBT intervention, a balanced tool such as a questionnaire is needed. Since there was no such tool available in Iran, the authors decided to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Tinnitus Cognition Questionnaire (TCQ).
 Methods: At first, TCQ was translated to Persian based on the International Quality of Life Assessment protocol. 102 tinnitus patients filled out the provided documents, and psychometric properties of the Persian version of TCQ were investigated.
Results:. In this study, Content validity evaluation showed that content validity ratio (CVR) and item content validity index (I-CVI) values were higher than the minimum acceptable values (0.74 and 0.79 respectively). Item face validity index (I-FVI) and average of scale face validity indexes(S-FVI) were between 0.8 to 0.96  and  0.88 to  0.90, all of which were higher than the acceptable value of 0.7. Furthermore, fit indexes were higher than the acceptable values and showed satisfied fitness for TCQ. Based on the positive correlations between the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) subscales with TCQ total scores (60%), criterion validity was acceptable. Furthermore, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and Pearson’s correlation showed that the TCQ has acceptable reliability.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the current study, we confirmed that TCQ is a balanced and standard questionnaire to evaluate the cognitive aspects of tinnitus in the Iranian population.

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Tinnitus cognition tinnitus cognitions questionnaire cognitive behavioral therapy tinnitus handicap inventory
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Sadeghijam M, Rahimipoor S, Hasanpour Z, Hamraz I. Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of the Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire. Aud Vestib Res. 2024;.