The psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire and its correlation with psychoacoustic parameters in patients with chronic tinnitus
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Background and Aim: Acceptance of tinnitus may play a role in the perception of its intensity and the distress caused by it. Therefore, the Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire (TAQ) is useful in therapeutic processes. This study aimed to translate the TAQ into Persian, verify its validity, and reliability and determine the correlation between questionnaire scores and psychoacoustic measurements in patients with chronic tinnitus.
Methods: After confirming face validity and translation, the Persian version of the TAQ (P-TAQ) was acquired. Then, the P-TAQ and the Persian Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-P) were completed by 85 patients with chronic tinnitus. The P-TAQ’s reliability was assessed in 30 patients after two weeks. Psychoacoustic tinnitus evaluations including pitch matching, loudness matching, and minimum masking level were conducted for all patients.
Results: The P-TAQ had high face validity. The internal consistency was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α=0.92). The Interclass Correlation Coefficient confirmed reliability (0.994). A strong correlation was observed between the P-TAQ’s total score with the THI’s total score (r=-0.788) and the score of each of the HADS anxiety (r=-0.623) and depression (r=-0.728) subscales. There was a weak negative correlation between the P-TAQ’s total score and the subjective loudness of tinnitus (r=-0.322). There is no significant correlation between age, tinnitus duration, pitch and, minimum masking level of tinnitus with the P-TAQ’s total score.
Conclusion: The P-TAQ has excellent validity and reliability. Therefore, it can be used to assess the acceptance of tinnitus among Persian-speaking patients with chronic tinnitus.
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