Use of open-ended questionnaires to examine the effects of tinnitus and its relation to patient-reported outcome measures

dc.contributor.authorManchaiah, Vinaya
dc.contributor.authorAndersson, Gerhard
dc.contributor.authorFagelson, Marc A.
dc.contributor.authorBoyd, Ryan L.
dc.contributor.authorBeukes, Eldre W.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-09T08:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE : The primary aim of the study was to examine the automated linguistic analysis of the open-ended problem (PQ) and life-effects (LEQ) questionnaires to understand the psychological effects of tinnitus. DESIGN : The study used a cross-sectional design. Participants completed online questionnaires which included demographic questions, several standardised patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), and two open-ended questions focussing on PQ and LEQ related to tinnitus. The response to open-ended questions was analysed using the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) software to identify the frequency of text on various linguistic dimensions relevant to tinnitus. STUDY SAMPLE : 336 individuals with tinnitus. RESULTS : The study results point to two broad findings. First, although PQ and LEQ have some similarities with PROMs (e.g. the linguistic dimension negative emotions having a weak positive correlation with anxiety and depression), no correlation with the number of dimensions suggests that the open-ended questions identify additional elements that are not captured in PROMs. Second, more linguistic dimensions from the PQ correlate with PROMs compared to LEQ suggesting that the current PROMs are problem-oriented. CONCLUSIONS : The study results support the idea that the use of open-ended questions in addition to PROMs may help optimise the efforts in examining the effects of chronic conditions such as tinnitus.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2022-11-02
dc.description.librarianhj2022en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institute of Health (NIH)en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iija20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVinaya Manchaiah, Gerhard Andersson, Marc A. Fagelson, Ryan L. Boyd & Eldré W. Beukes (2022): Use of open-ended questionnaires to examine the effects of tinnitus and its relation to patient-reported outcome measures, International Journal of Audiology, 61:7, 592-599, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1995790.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1499-2027 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1708-8186 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/14992027.2021.1995790
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/84401
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_ZA
dc.rights© 2021 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. This is an electronic version of an article published in International Journal of Audiology, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 592-299, 2022. doi : 10.1080/14992027.2021.1995790. International Journal of Audiology is available online at : www.tandfonline.com/loi/iija20.en_ZA
dc.subjectTinnitusen_ZA
dc.subjectPatient-reported outcome measuresen_ZA
dc.subjectOpen-ended questionsen_ZA
dc.subjectNatural language processingen_ZA
dc.subjectText analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectLinguistic analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectCore outcome seten_ZA
dc.titleUse of open-ended questionnaires to examine the effects of tinnitus and its relation to patient-reported outcome measuresen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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