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Table 1 Description of questionnaires

From: Tinnitus assessment by means of standardized self-report questionnaires: Psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ), the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and their short versions in an international and multi-lingual sample

Questionnaire

(sub)scales

No of items

Response scale

Range of score

THI

Total

25

0/2/4 (yes/sometimes/no)

0-100

TBF12*

Total

12

0/1/2 (never/sometimes/often)

0-24

TQ

Total

52 (40**)

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-84

 

Emotional distress

12

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-24

 

Cognitive distress

8

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-16

 

Intrusiveness

8

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-16

 

Auditory perceptual difficulties

7

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-14

 

Sleep disturbances

4

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-8

 

Somatic complaints

3

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-6

Mini-TQ***

Total

10

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-20

TQ 12***

Total

12

0/1/2 (true/partly true/not true)

0-24

  1. * modified subset of THI items (Greimel et al.).
  2. ** 40 out of 52 items are used for TQ total score, and items 5 and 20 are counted double.
  3. *** extracted from the TQ.