Differential item functioning of the tinnitus handicap inventory across gender groups and subjects with or without hearing loss.
Objectives: Tinnitus is a phantom sound sensation without an external sound source. Due to its subjective and multifaceted nature it is measured using multi-item self-reported instruments. Many well-validated tinnitus-related questionnaires are available for clinical practice and scientific research...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 63; no. 10; pp. 785 - 794 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=179995837&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 179995837 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14992027 JW2 jtl: International Journal of Audiology issn: 14992027 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2024 vid: 63 iid: 10 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 179995837 163794013 179995837 179995837 10.1080/14992027.2023.2210753 179995837 ppf: 785 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Differential item functioning of the tinnitus handicap inventory across gender groups and subjects with or without hearing loss. aug: au: Gos, Elżbieta Sagan, Adam Raj-Koziak, Danuta Skarzynski, Piotr H. Skarzynski, Henryk affil: Department of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland sug: subj: Hearing Disorders Tinnitus Differential Item Functioning Sex Factors Instrument Validation Human Male Female Young Adult Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Disability Evaluation Validation Studies Reproducibility of Results Retrospective Design Severity of Illness Indices Evaluation Audiometry, Pure-Tone Surveys Questionnaires Factor Analysis Logistic Regression Models, Statistical Psychometrics Evaluation Age Factors Otorhinolaryngology Care Poland Poland Tinnitus Psychosocial Factors Scales Reliability and Validity Polish Persons Psychosocial Factors Parametric Statistics Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Descriptive Statistics Coefficient alpha Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Objectives: Tinnitus is a phantom sound sensation without an external sound source. Due to its subjective and multifaceted nature it is measured using multi-item self-reported instruments. Many well-validated tinnitus-related questionnaires are available for clinical practice and scientific research, but so far no attention has been paid to their measurement invariance. The study aimed to examine measurement invariance of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory with regard to gender and hearing impairment, and to identify the items that show differential item functioning (DIF) across the groups. Design: This is a retrospective study using medical data from patients with tinnitus. They completed the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and underwent pure-tone audiometry. Study sample: 1106 adult patients with tinnitus (554 women and 552 men; 320 with normal hearing and 786 with hearing loss), aged 19–84 years. Results: In the analysis, multi-group confirmatory factor analysis, hybrid ordinal logistic regression, Kernel smoothing in Item Response Theory, and lasso regression were applied. Measurement invariance was demonstrated across gender, but across hearing status the measurement was non-invariant. Five items were found to have DIF. Conclusions: Researchers and clinicians should be aware of the potential risk of response bias when tinnitus severity is evaluated. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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