Cochlear Implant Awareness: Development and Validation of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical success of cochlear implantation is usually measured through speech perception and quality of life questionnaires. Although these questionnaires cover a broad spectrum of domains, they do not evaluate the consciousness of wearing a cochlear implant (CI) and how this impacts the daily life of patients. To evaluate this concept we aimed to develop and validate a standardized patient reported outcome measure (PROM) for use in cochlear implant users.

Methods

Development and evaluation of the COchlear iMPlant AwareneSS (COMPASS) questionnaire was realized following the COSMIN guidelines in three phases: (1) item generation, (2) qualitative pilot study to ensure relevance, comprehensiveness, comprehensibility, and face validity, and (3) quantitative survey stud

SUBMITTER: Markodimitraki LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9100413 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature