title: Validation of a French (Québec) version of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the psychometric properties of the Quebec French translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-FQ).
  
  
  METHODS
  The original version of the THI was translated into French by two different people, and then revised before being administered to 221 study participants. A subgroup of 75 participants also completed the French versions of the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) and the Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire (TRQ).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study participants used French as their home language, had completed an otolaryngology (ENT) assessment, and had sought help with disabling tinnitus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No differences were found according to gender, age, or degree of hearing loss. The THI-FQ was very stable over a period of approximately 32 days. Internal consistency was 0.93 for the total score. Convergent validity with the TRQ was 0.81 (p < 0.001) while construct validity, as obtained with the BDI-II, was 0.74 (p < 0.001). As in other studies, the factor analysis did not confirm the structure proposed by Newman et al in the original study (1996).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The THI-FQ presents very good reliability and validity, comparable to translations in other languages and the original version.
authors.affiliation: * Institut Raymond-Dewar, Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation , Montréal, Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bolduc
authors.forename: France
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Désilets
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tardif
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leroux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011792:Quebec; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000523:psychology*; D014175:Translating
keywords: Tinnitus; handicap; questionnaire; reliability; validity