Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Inflammation of the Middle Ear

For measuring quality of life in patients with chronic inflammation of the middle ear, only two questionnaires currently exist. However, these questionnaires are designed only to measure either disease-specific health or hearing-related quality of life. The aim of this project is the validation of a pre-existing comprehensive questionnaire, which is routinely administered in the investigators clinic but has never been validated. Following a retrospective item reduction based on existing data, this questionnaire will be prospectively validated. Applying the resulting questionnaire in future studies on chronic middle ear inflammation, not only objective outcome parameters (e.g. audiograms) but also quality of life will be assessed. Therefore, the investigators questionnaire will add substantial information to these outcome studies by providing a subjective outcome parameter.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Otitis Media

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Universitätsspital Zürich

Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

About this study

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

clinical diagnosis of chronic otitis media

Exclusion criteria

none

Treatment and study plan

Administration of questionnaire

Other

Primary outcomes

Validity

Time frame: day 1 (day of consultation)
Several aspects of Validity will be determined by different methods:
- content validity is made certain by construction procedure of the questionnaire (e.g. involving of specialists and patients)
- construct validity by factor analysis
- criterion validity by correlating a global question with the overall questionnaire score

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Zurich

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Otitis Media

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2018
Study completion: 2018
First posted: Aug 27, 2014
Registry last updated: May 9, 2024

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