title: The Portuguese version of Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire: brief screening test for assessment of tinnitus-induced stress.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Portuguese version of Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire (Mini-TQ) is as valid as the English version to assess tinnitus-associated distress in the Portuguese-speaking population.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Tinnitus is a major symptom in ENT practice affecting subjects in all demographic groups. Our objective is to validate a Portuguese version of Mini-TQ (Mini-TQ-pv) to be used in clinical practice and research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mini-TQ-pv was administered to 51 patients with chronic tinnitus. Statistical analysis was done to determine the psychometric properties of the instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After double translation, face and content validity were confirmed by high internal consistency (Cronbach alpha = 0.861) and significant correlation between individual items and total score. The questionnaire was easy and quick to administer (2.57 min).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We provide a suitable Mini-TQ-pv to be used in the assessment of Portuguese-speaking patients with tinnitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Coimbra University Hospitals, Coimbra, Portugal. r.cerejeira@netcabo.pt
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cerejeira
authors.forename: Joaquim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cerejeira
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Horácio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Firmino
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quartilho
authors.forename: Adriano Vaz
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paiva
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003710:Demography; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*