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A new health-related quality of life measure for active chronic otitis media (COMQ-12): development and initial
John S Phillips1, Mark Haggard, Matthew Yung
1*Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk; †Multi-Centre Otitis Media Study Group, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge; and ‡Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, Suffolk, U.K.
Objective:
To develop and document for clinical use a new HRQoL questionnaire for the assessment of active chronic otitis media.
Study Design:
Two-center prospective correlational study.
Setting:
Two otology referral centers in England.
Patients:
Fifty consecutive adult patients with a history of active chronic otitis media.
Results:
Consistency criteria (Cronbach's alpha) and first principle component loadings showed satisfactory scoring with 11 of the original 12 items. A single factor was obtained correlating highly with simple unweighted scoring.
Conclusion:
Sufficient consistency and initial validity information was obtained from patients with a history of active chronic otitis media to justify clinical use of the reduced item set and acquisition of further data to refine scoring.
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