Skip to main content

Table 6 Correlation between ZCMEI-21-Chn and audiometric data

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in chronic otitis media in a Chinese population: cultural adaption and validation of the Zurich Chronic Middle Ear Inventory (ZCMEI-21-Chn)

  

Worse-hearing ear PTA

Better-hearing ear PTA

Dimensions

Hearing-related items

r

p

r

p

6

Tinnitus

0.12

< 0.05

0.14

< 0.05

7

Hearing (filter question)

0.41 *

< 0.05

0.28 *

< 0.05

8

When many people speak at the same time

0.48 *

< 0.05

0.39 *

< 0.05

9

Telephone, alarm clock

0.38 *

< 0.05

0.36 *

< 0.05

10

Fear of not hearing other people

0.32 *

< 0.05

0.31 *

< 0.05

I

Ear signs and symptoms

0.17 *

< 0.05

0.22 *

< 0.05

II

Hearing

0.45 *

< 0.05

0.39 *

< 0.05

III

Psychosocial impact

0.35 *

< 0.05

0.39 *

< 0.05

IV

Medical resources

0.06 *

0.3175

0.09

0.1676

Total score

ZCMEI-21-Chn

0.40 *

< 0.05

0.38 *

< 0.05

  1. *: Correlation coefficients were significant at p < 0.05