title: A new health-related quality of life measure for active chronic otitis media (COMQ-12): development and initial validation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and document for clinical use a new HRQoL questionnaire for the assessment of active chronic otitis media.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two-center prospective correlational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two otology referral centers in England.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty consecutive adult patients with a history of active chronic otitis media.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Consistency criteria (Cronbach's alpha) and first principle component loadings showed satisfactory scoring with 11 of the original 12 items. A single factor was obtained correlating highly with simple unweighted scoring.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sufficient consistency and initial validity information was obtained from patients with a history of active chronic otitis media to justify clinical use of the reduced item set and acquisition of further data to refine scoring.
authors: *Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk; †Multi-Centre Otitis Media Study Group, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge; and ‡Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, Suffolk, U.K.
authors: John S
authors: JS
authors: Phillips
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Haggard
authors: Matthew
authors: M
authors: Yung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires