Validity and reliability of the Hebrew version of the Brief Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders (Brief-QOD) and the Self-Reported Mini Olfactory Questionnaire (Self-MOQ).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To translate and validate Hebrew versions of two patient-reported outcome measure questionnaires: the Self-Reported Mini Olfactory Questionnaire (Self-MOQ) and the Brief Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders (Brief-QOD).

Methods

A forward-backward translation process was conducted for both questionnaires. All participants rated their sense of smell using a general Visual Analog Scale (VAS) ranging from 0 (no dysfunction) to 10 (severe dysfunction). The patient group completed the questionnaires and the SNOT-22 questionnaire once. A control group of healthy participants completed the questionnaires twice to evaluate test-retest reliability. Subsets of both groups took the Sniffin' Sticks test.

Results

The translation process resulted in Hebrew versions deemed

SUBMITTER: Hefetz T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647470 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature