Validierung einer deutschsprachigen Version des „Tinnitus Handicap Inventory”

Kleinjung, Tobias; Fischer, Birgit; Langguth, Berthold; Sand, Philipp; Hajak, Göran; Dvořáková, Jana; Eichhammer, Peter

doi:10.1055/s-2006-940218

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“…Two self-report measures for assessing subjective tinnitus distress were used: the THI [32,33] and the Mini-TQ [26,34]. The internal consistencies for the current study were high, with Cronbach's α = 0.92 for the THI and Cronbach's α = 0.81 for the Mini-TQ.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Criteria for study inclusion were: (a) age of ≥18 years; (b) a score of ≥18 on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) [33] or a score of ≥8 on the Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire (Mini-TQ) [26]; (c) a tinnitus duration of ≥6 months; (d) tinnitus as the primary problem (not e.g. as a consequence of morbus Ménière); (e) consenting to be randomized; (f) Internet access; (g) willingness and ability to attend the weekly group sessions; (h) no anticipated absence of >2 weeks during the course of the study; (i) no CBT for tinnitus within the last 2 years; (j) no ongoing psychological tinnitus treatment; (k) no major medical or psychiatric condition, and (l) no acute suicidality.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Internet-Based Guided Self-Help versus Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Tinnitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Jasper

Weise

Conrad

et al. 2014

Psychother Psychosom

114

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Background: The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effects of conventional face-to-face group cognitive behavioral therapy (GCBT) and an Internet-delivered guided self-help treatment (Internet-based CBT, ICBT) on tinnitus distress. Methods: A total of 128 adults with at least mild levels of chronic tinnitus distress were randomly assigned to GCBT (n = 43), ICBT (n = 41), or a web-based discussion forum (DF) that served as a control condition (n = 44). Standardized self-report measures [the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire (Mini-TQ), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Insomnia Severity Index and Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire] were completed at the pre- and post-assessments and at the 6-month follow-up. Results: Repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed significant time × group interaction effects on the primary outcomes (THI and Mini-TQ scores) in favor of both CBT interventions compared with the DF at post-assessment (0.56 ≤ g ≤ 0.93; all p ≤ 0.001). There were no significant differences between GCBT and ICBT (all p > 0.05) and the treatment effects remained stable at the 6-month follow-up. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that ICBT might be an equally effective alternative to conventional CBT in the management of chronic tinnitus. Despite encouraging results, further research is necessary to determine the actual potential of ICBT as a viable alternative to CBT, and under which circumstances it is effective.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internet-Based Guided Self-Help versus Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Tinnitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Jasper

Weise

Conrad

et al. 2014

Psychother Psychosom

114

133

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“…Tinnitus distress and severity were assessed with the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI; Kleinjung, Fischer et al, 2007;Newman, Jacobson, & Spitzer, 1996) and the Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire (Mini-TQ; Hiller & Goebel, 2004). The THI is one of the most commonly used self-report inventories to assess global tinnitus severity on a functional, emotional, and catastrophic subscale.…”

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confidence: 99%

Acceptance of Tinnitus: Validation of the Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire

Weise

Kleinstäuber

Hesser

et al. 2013

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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The concept of acceptance has recently received growing attention within tinnitus research due to the fact that tinnitus acceptance is one of the major targets of psychotherapeutic treatments. Accordingly, acceptance-based treatments will most likely be increasingly offered to tinnitus patients and assessments of acceptance-related behaviours will thus be needed. The current study investigated the factorial structure of the Tinnitus Acceptance Questionnaire (TAQ) and the role of tinnitus acceptance as mediating link between sound perception (i.e., subjective loudness of tinnitus) and tinnitus distress.In total, 424 patients with chronic tinnitus completed the TAQ and validated measures of tinnitus distress, anxiety and depression online. Confirmatory factor analysis provided support to a good fit of the data to the hypothesised bifactor model (RMSEA = .065; CFI = .974; TLI = .958; SRMR = .032). In addition, mediation analysis, using a nonparametric joint coefficient approach, revealed that tinnitus specific acceptance partially mediated the relation between subjective tinnitus loudness and tinnitus distress (path ab=5.96; 95% CI: 4.49, 7.69). In a multiple mediator model, tinnitus acceptance had a significantly stronger indirect effect than anxiety.The results confirm the factorial structure of the TAQ and suggest the importance of a general acceptance factor that contributes important unique variance beyond that of the firstorder factors activity engagement and tinnitus suppression. Tinnitus acceptance as measured with the TAQ is proposed to be a key construct in tinnitus research and should be further implemented into treatment concepts to reduce tinnitus distress.

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“…High levels of reliability were demonstrated for the THI in many different populations [39,40,[42][43][44][45]49,51,52]. Moreover construct validity of this measure was examined thoroughly in populations of several countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover construct validity of this measure was examined thoroughly in populations of several countries. There seems to be international agreement that the tinnitus-related handicap assessed with the THI total score is highly correlated with self-ratings of tinnitus severity, tinnitus acceptance, depression or anxiety, and self-reported health status [39,43,44,46,48,51,56]. Low to moderate correlations with the THI total score were found between age, tinnitus duration, audiometrically derived measures (e.g., tinnitus pitch), and sleeping difficulties [39,44,46].…”

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confidence: 99%