Validation of the Norwegian adaptation of Khalfa’s Hyperacusis Questionnaire and psychological distress in Norwegian hyperacusis patients

Figures & data

Figure 1. Schematic representation of the TRAPD approach from Harkness [18].

Figure 2. HQ total scale (HQ-T) score distribution (N = 76).

Table 1. Means, standard deviations, and Pearson correlations for Hyperacusis Questionnaire (HQ) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) at first testing occasion (N = 76).

	M ± SD	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	α	Oα	ICC
1. HQ-T	25.87 ± 9.09	–							0.91	0.94	0.90
2. HQ-A	6.95 ± 2.95	0.92	–						0.80	0.84	0.83
3. HQ-S	10.87 ± 4.53	0.93	0.78	–					0.86	0.91	0.89
4. HQ-E	8.05 ± 2.66	0.82	0.70	0.60	–				0.69	0.74	0.68
5. HADS-T	14.13 ± 6.87	0.56	0.53	0.51	0.47	–			0.88	0.91	0.85
6. HADS-A	7.86 ± 3.87	0.47	0.44	0.42	0.41	0.89	–		0.82	0.85	0.83
7. HADS-D	6.28 ± 3.82	0.54	0.51	0.50	0.43	0.89	0.60	–	0.82	0.88	0.83

Note. HQ-T: Total; HQ-A: Attentional; HQ-S: Social; HQ-E: Emotional; HADS-T: Total; HADS-A: Anxiety; HADS-D: Depression; α: Cronbach’s alpha coefficient; Oα: Ordinal alpha; ICC: Intra-Class Correlation. Correlations are all significant at p<.001.

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