title: [Study on reliability and validity of the Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the value of the Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire (TEQ) in clinical application.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cronbach's α coefficient was used to examine the reliability of the TEQ internal consistency. Examined the re-measured reliability by the correlation coefficient by two doctors' 1 - 3 hours interval questionnaires' scores. And inspected criteria validity according to the correlation coefficient of the TEQ and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 202 tinnitus patients, the TEQ Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.76 and re-measured reliability was 0.938. The THI correlation coefficient was 0.769. Among which, 99 patients feel tinnitus alleviated obviously after the treatment, the TEQ scores were significantly lower than that before the treatment (t = 21.42, P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The TEQ reflects the severity of tinnitus completely, and has preferable reliability and validity. The characteristics are concise, practical and exact. It is worthy of clinical application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China. drlp@163.com
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gui-li
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zu-wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: En-qin
authors.initials: EQ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ling-ling
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Nai-ping
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-ning
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult