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European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

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08.08.2019 | Otology

Cross-cultural adaption and validation of the Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire 12 (COMQ-12) in the Italian language

verfasst von: Nicola Quaranta, Valentina De Robertis, Claudia Milella, Marco Pontrelli, Antonio Greco, Maria Luisa Fiorella, Vito Pontillo, Marco de Vincentiis, Jonathan S. Phillips, Massimo Ralli

Erschienen in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Ausgabe 11/2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic otitis media COM has gained attention over the past years and several questionnaires have been developed to evaluate it in affected patients. The Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire 12 (COMQ-12) is a widely used disease-specific tool that evaluates the severity of symptoms, the specific impact on work and lifestyle, the effects on the health service, and general impact of the disease in patients with COM. The COMQ-12 questionnaire has been translated and validated into different languages; however, an Italian version is not yet available. The aim of this original study was to translate the COMQ-12 questionnaire into the Italian language and validate this new Italian language version in Italian-speaking patients with COM.

Methods

The COMQ-12 was translated into Italian (COMQ-12-It) following international guidelines. Validation was performed comparing and correlating COMQ-12-It with (1) a question that addresses HRQoL, and (2) the results of a generic questionnaire assessing HRQoL, namely the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire.

Results

Forty-eight patients with COM were included in the study. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.80 indicating a high reliability. There was a strong positive correlation between the question that directly addressed HRQoL and total score (correlation coefficient = 0.62), while the regression analysis between total score of COMQ-12-It and EQ-5D-5L showed a positive relation but only a weak positive correlation (correlation coefficient 0.36).

Conclusions

Our study showed evidence that the Italian version of the COMQ-12 questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to evaluate HRQoL in Italian-speaking patients with COM.

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Titel: Cross-cultural adaption and validation of the Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire 12 (COMQ-12) in the Italian language
verfasst von: Nicola Quaranta
Valentina De Robertis
Claudia Milella
Marco Pontrelli
Antonio Greco
Maria Luisa Fiorella
Vito Pontillo
Marco de Vincentiis
Jonathan S. Phillips
Massimo Ralli
Publikationsdatum: 08.08.2019
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Ausgabe 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Elektronische ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05591-6

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