PMID- 22846637
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131119
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1558-9137 (Electronic)
IS  - 1059-0889 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Dec
TI  - Psychometric evaluation of visual analog scale for the assessment of chronic 
      tinnitus.
PG  - 215-25
LID - 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0010) [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The development of therapeutic interventions for chronic tinnitus 
      requires sensitive and clinically responsive tools to measure treatment-induced 
      changes in tinnitus loudness and annoyance. In this study, the authors evaluated 
      the psychometric properties of patient-reported visual analog scales (VAS) for 
      measuring subjectively perceived tinnitus loudness and annoyance. METHOD: The 
      authors analyzed data from a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study 
      of acoustic coordinated reset (CR) neuromodulation in patients with chronic 
      tinnitus (trial registration: "Randomized Evaluation of Sound Evoked Treatment of 
      Tinnitus [RESET] study"; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00927121) to assess 
      the reliability, validity, and minimally clinically identifiable difference 
      (MCID) of the VAS loudness and VAS annoyance. The VAS loudness and VAS annoyance 
      were completed at screening, at baseline, and at 5 visits during the 16 weeks of 
      the clinical study. Data were analyzed with respect to test-retest reliability, 
      validity, and MCID. RESULTS: VAS loudness and VAS annoyance showed good 
      test-retest reliability of .8 and .79, respectively. In terms of convergent 
      validity, VAS loudness and VAS annoyance correlated well with the tinnitus 
      questionnaire at all clinical visits (max r = .67, p < .05). MCID estimates 
      clustered between 10 and 15 points. CONCLUSION: VAS loudness and VAS annoyance 
      are valid and effective measurements for capturing reductions in tinnitus 
      severity in patients with chronic tinnitus.
FAU - Adamchic, Ilya
AU  - Adamchic I
AD  - Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Neuromodulation Research Center, Julich, 
      Germany. i.adamchic@fz-juelich.de
FAU - Langguth, Berthold
AU  - Langguth B
FAU - Hauptmann, Christian
AU  - Hauptmann C
FAU - Tass, Peter Alexander
AU  - Tass PA
LA  - eng
SI  - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00927121
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20120730
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Audiol
JT  - American journal of audiology
JID - 9114917
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychometrics/instrumentation
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Self Report
MH  - Tinnitus/*diagnosis/therapy
EDAT- 2012/08/01 06:00
MHDA- 2013/11/20 06:00
CRDT- 2012/08/01 06:00
PHST- 2012/08/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/08/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/11/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 1059-0889_2012_12-0010 [pii]
AID - 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0010) [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Audiol. 2012 Dec;21(2):215-25. doi: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0010). Epub 
      2012 Jul 30.