Short, Self‐Report Voice Symptom Scales: Psychometric Characteristics of the Voice Handicap Index‐10 and the Vocal Performance Questionnaire

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - Tập 131 Số 3 - Trang 232-235 - 2004
Ian J. Deary1,2,3, Alison C. Webb4, Kenneth MacKenzie5,2, Janet A. Wilson4, Paul Carding4
1Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
2Edinburgh, Scotland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, and Glasgow, Scotland
3Supported by a Wellcome Trust Health Services Research Grant. Ian Deary is the recipient of a Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award
4Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery University of Newcastle Freeman Hospital Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne United Kingdom
5Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Glasgow Royal Infirmary Glasgow Scotland

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OBJECTIVEShort, self‐report symptom questionnaires are useful in routine clinical situations for assessing the progress of disorders and the influence of interventions. The Voice Handicap Index‐10 (VHI‐10) and Vocal Performance Questionnaire (VPQ) are brief self‐reported assessments of voice pathology, apparently useful in the general voice clinic population. Little is known of the structure or internal consistency of either tool, nor whether they correlate. This study carried out a substantial, systematic evaluation of their performance in the Laryngology office setting.STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING330 adult (222 women, 108 men) voice clinic attenders completed the VHI and the VPQ. RESULTS: The VHI‐10 and VPQ each had a large, single principal component, high internal consistency, and were highly correlated (dis‐attenuated r=0.91).CONCLUSIONThe VHI‐10 and the VPQ are similar, short, convenient, internally‐consistent, unidimensional tools.SIGNIFICANCEThe total VHI‐10 or VPQ score is a good overall indicator of the severity of voice disorders.

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Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Tập 131 Số 3

232-235

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