Reliability and validity of the Turkish pediatric Voice Handicap index.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to develop a Turkish version of the pediatric voice index (pVHI) and to evaluate its reliability and validity for cultural adaptation.


METHODS
The original pVHI was translated to Turkish. It was administered to 151 parents of 40 dysphonic children and 111 non-dysphonic children. A cross-sectional descriptive model is used with two-sample methodology. The reliability, validity measures, sensitivity, specifity and receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis with AUC values were calculated.


RESULTS
The findings showed that the Turkish version of the pVHI had highly significant validity, reliability and excellent internal consistency, sensitivity and specifity for functional, physical and emotional domains and the total score.


CONCLUSIONS
The Turkish version of the pVHI is a valid and reliable tool to assess the parents' perception about their children with voice disorders.
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Anadolu University Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskisehir, Turkey. Electronic address: etadihan@anadolu.edu.tr.
Elçin Tadıhan
ET
Özkan
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: arzualanya@yahoo.com.
Arzu
A
Tüzüner
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: erhandemirhan@anadolu.edu.tr.
Erhan
E
Demirhan
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Anadolu University Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskisehir, Turkey. Electronic address: stopbas@anadolu.edu.tr.
Seyhun
S
Topbaş
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating; D014421:Turkey; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
Children; Dysphonia; Pediatric voice handicap index; Turkish version