An Albanian translation of a questionnaire for self-reported tinnitus assessment

Eleni Genitsaridi; Albi Dode; Birkena Qirjazi; Muntazir Mehdi; Rüdiger Pryss; Thomas Probst; Manfred Reichert; Franz Hauck; Deborah Ann Hall

doi:10.1080/14992027.2021.1933221

An Albanian translation of a questionnaire for self-reported tinnitus assessment

Eleni Genitsaridi, Albi Dode, Birkena Qirjazi, Muntazir Mehdi, Rüdiger Pryss, Thomas Probst, Manfred Reichert, Franz Hauck, Deborah Ann Hall

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Abstract

Objective: To our knowledge, there is no published study investigating the characteristics of people experiencing tinnitus in Albania. Such a study would be important, providing the basis for further research in this region and contributing to a wider understanding of tinnitus heterogeneity across different geographic locations. The main objective of this study was to develop an Albanian translation of a standardised questionnaire for tinnitus research, namely the European School for Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research-Screening Questionnaire (ESIT-SQ). A secondary objective was to assess its applicability and usefulness by conducting an exploratory survey on a small sample of the Albanian tinnitus population.

Design and study sample: Three translators were recruited to create the Albanian ESIT-SQ translation following good practice guidelines. Using this questionnaire, data from 107 patients attending otolaryngology clinics in Albania were collected.

Results: Participants reporting various degrees of tinnitus symptom severity had distinct phenotypic characteristics. Application of a random forest approach on this preliminary dataset showed that self-reported hearing difficulty, and tinnitus duration, pitch and temporal manifestation were important variables for predicting tinnitus symptom severity.

Conclusions: Our study provided an Albanian translation of the ESIT-SQ and demonstrated that it is a useful tool for tinnitus profiling and subgrouping.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	515-519
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Audiology
Volume	61
Issue number	6
Early online date	28 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1933221
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2022

Keywords

Albania
ESIT-SQ
classification models
questionnaire
tinnitus heterogeneity
translation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Speech and Hearing

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