Establishment and reliability test of a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study

Volume: 25 Number: 5 October 10, 2015
  • Hale Karapolat
  • Neşe Çelebisoy
  • Figen Gökçay
  • Cem Bilgen
  • Gülnur Özgen
  • Sercan Göde
  • Tayfun Kirazlı
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Establishment and reliability test of a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to establish a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction and show the reliability of this questionnaire. Materials and Methods: A “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” consisting of 10 questions was prepared by 15 specialist physicians and analyzed for reliability using the “translation-back-translation” method. Results: When all the items of our questionnaire were evaluated, the content validity ratio ranged from 0.6 to 0.87, and the content validity index was 0.676. The conformity ratio between the real diagnosis and the diagnosis based on the questionnaire was 63.19%, and the kappa was 0.441 moderate . No significant difference was found between the first and second responses to any of the questions p>0.05 . There was no significant difference between question conformity conformity between the first and second responses and diagnostic conformity conformity between the real diagnosis and the diagnosis based on the questionnaire p>0.05 in any of the questions. No relationship was found between diagnostic conformity and sociodemographic data age, sex, education, occupation p>0.05 . Conclusion: Our study results suggest that, in Turkish patients, diagnosis of vertigo should be based on face-to-face interviews, and clinical and laboratory evaluations rather than a questionnaire.

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Hale Karapolat This is me

Neşe Çelebisoy This is me

Figen Gökçay This is me

Cem Bilgen This is me

Gülnur Özgen This is me

Sercan Göde This is me

Tayfun Kirazlı This is me

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Year 2015 Volume: 25 Number: 5

APA
Karapolat, H., Çelebisoy, N., Gökçay, F., Bilgen, C., Özgen, G., Göde, S., & Kirazlı, T. (2015). Establishment and reliability test of a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, 25(5), 271-274. https://izlik.org/JA33EP86PW
AMA
1.Karapolat H, Çelebisoy N, Gökçay F, et al. Establishment and reliability test of a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study. Tr-ENT. 2015;25(5):271-274. https://izlik.org/JA33EP86PW
Chicago
Karapolat, Hale, Neşe Çelebisoy, Figen Gökçay, et al. 2015. “Establishment and Reliability Test of a ‘Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire’ for Patients With Chronic Vestibular Dysfunction: Preliminary Study”. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat 25 (5): 271-74. https://izlik.org/JA33EP86PW.
EndNote
Karapolat H, Çelebisoy N, Gökçay F, Bilgen C, Özgen G, Göde S, Kirazlı T (October 1, 2015) Establishment and reliability test of a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat 25 5 271–274.
IEEE
[1]H. Karapolat et al., “Establishment and reliability test of a ‘Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire’ for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study”, Tr-ENT, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 271–274, Oct. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA33EP86PW
ISNAD
Karapolat, Hale - Çelebisoy, Neşe - Gökçay, Figen - Bilgen, Cem - Özgen, Gülnur - Göde, Sercan - Kirazlı, Tayfun. “Establishment and Reliability Test of a ‘Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire’ for Patients With Chronic Vestibular Dysfunction: Preliminary Study”. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat 25/5 (October 1, 2015): 271-274. https://izlik.org/JA33EP86PW.
JAMA
1.Karapolat H, Çelebisoy N, Gökçay F, Bilgen C, Özgen G, Göde S, Kirazlı T. Establishment and reliability test of a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study. Tr-ENT. 2015;25:271–274.
MLA
Karapolat, Hale, et al. “Establishment and Reliability Test of a ‘Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire’ for Patients With Chronic Vestibular Dysfunction: Preliminary Study”. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, vol. 25, no. 5, Oct. 2015, pp. 271-4, https://izlik.org/JA33EP86PW.
Vancouver
1.Hale Karapolat, Neşe Çelebisoy, Figen Gökçay, Cem Bilgen, Gülnur Özgen, Sercan Göde, Tayfun Kirazlı. Establishment and reliability test of a “Vertigo Council Diagnosis Questionnaire” for patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction: preliminary study. Tr-ENT [Internet]. 2015 Oct. 1;25(5):271-4. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA33EP86PW