TY - JOUR
T1 - Standardised profiling for tinnitus research
T2 - The European School for Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research Screening Questionnaire (ESIT-SQ)
AU - Genitsaridi, Eleni
AU - Partyka, Marta
AU - Gallus, Silvano
AU - Lopez-Escamez, Jose A.
AU - Schecklmann, Martin
AU - Mielczarek, Marzena
AU - Trpchevska, Natalia
AU - Santacruz, Jose L.
AU - Schoisswohl, Stefan
AU - Riha, Constanze
AU - Lourenco, Matheus
AU - Biswas, Roshni
AU - Liyanage, Nuwan
AU - Cederroth, Christopher R.
AU - Perez-Carpena, Patricia
AU - Devos, Jana
AU - Fuller, Thomas
AU - Edvall, Niklas K.
AU - Hellberg, Matilda Prada
AU - D'Antonio, Alessia
AU - Gerevini, Stefania
AU - Sereda, Magdalena
AU - Rein, Andreas
AU - Kypraios, Theodore
AU - Hoare, Derek J.
AU - Londero, Alain
AU - Pryss, Ruediger
AU - Schlee, Winfried
AU - Hall, Deborah A.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Background: The heterogeneity of tinnitus is substantial. Its numerous pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical manifestations have hampered fundamental and treatment research significantly. A decade ago, the Tinnitus Research Initiative introduced the Tinnitus Sample Case History Questionnaire, a case history instrument for standardised collection of information about the characteristics of the tinnitus patient. Since then, a number of studies have been published which characterise individuals and groups using data collected with this questionnaire. However, its use has been restricted to a clinical setting and to the evaluation of people with tinnitus only. In addition, it is limited in the ability to capture relevant comorbidities and evaluate their temporal relationship with tinnitus.Method: Here we present a new case history instrument which is comprehensive in scope and can be answered by people with and without tinnitus alike. This 'European School for Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research Screening Questionnaire' (ESIT-SQ) was developed with specific attention to questions about potential risk factors for tinnitus (including demographics, lifestyle, general medical and otological histories), and tinnitus characteristics (including perceptual characteristics, modulating factors, and associations with co-existing conditions). It was first developed in English, then translated into Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish, thus having broad applicability and supporting international collaboration.Conclusions: With respect to better understanding tinnitus profiles, we anticipate the ESIT-SQ to be a starting point for comprehensive multi-variate analyses of tinnitus. Data collected with the ESIT-SQ can allow establishment of patterns that distinguish tinnitus from non-tinnitus, and definition of common sets of tinnitus characteristics which might be indicated by the presence of otological or comorbid systemic diseases for which tinnitus is a known symptom. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
AB - Background: The heterogeneity of tinnitus is substantial. Its numerous pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical manifestations have hampered fundamental and treatment research significantly. A decade ago, the Tinnitus Research Initiative introduced the Tinnitus Sample Case History Questionnaire, a case history instrument for standardised collection of information about the characteristics of the tinnitus patient. Since then, a number of studies have been published which characterise individuals and groups using data collected with this questionnaire. However, its use has been restricted to a clinical setting and to the evaluation of people with tinnitus only. In addition, it is limited in the ability to capture relevant comorbidities and evaluate their temporal relationship with tinnitus.Method: Here we present a new case history instrument which is comprehensive in scope and can be answered by people with and without tinnitus alike. This 'European School for Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research Screening Questionnaire' (ESIT-SQ) was developed with specific attention to questions about potential risk factors for tinnitus (including demographics, lifestyle, general medical and otological histories), and tinnitus characteristics (including perceptual characteristics, modulating factors, and associations with co-existing conditions). It was first developed in English, then translated into Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish, thus having broad applicability and supporting international collaboration.Conclusions: With respect to better understanding tinnitus profiles, we anticipate the ESIT-SQ to be a starting point for comprehensive multi-variate analyses of tinnitus. Data collected with the ESIT-SQ can allow establishment of patterns that distinguish tinnitus from non-tinnitus, and definition of common sets of tinnitus characteristics which might be indicated by the presence of otological or comorbid systemic diseases for which tinnitus is a known symptom. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
KW - Heterogeneity
KW - Classification
KW - Data collection
KW - Self report
KW - Translations
KW - PREVALENCE
KW - CLASSIFICATION
KW - HEARING
KW - HEALTH
U2 - 10.1016/j.heares.2019.02.017
DO - 10.1016/j.heares.2019.02.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 30871820
SN - 0378-5955
VL - 377
SP - 353
EP - 359
JO - Hearing Research
JF - Hearing Research
ER -