PDF icon PDF herunterladen
Open Access
CC BY 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2025; 29(01): s00441788598
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788598
Original Research

Evaluation of the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire in Danish

Charlotte Skov Neumann 
1   Research Unit for ORL – Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
2   Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
3   OPEN, Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
,
Jesper Hvass Schmidt 
1   Research Unit for ORL – Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
2   Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
3   OPEN, Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
› Institutsangaben
Funding The author(s) received no financial support for the research.
› Weitere Informationen
Auch verfügbar aufeRefMedOne
  Lizenzen und Reprints
Preview

Abstract

Introduction The Nijmegen cochlear implant questionnaire (NCIQ) is a quantifiable self-assessment health-related quality of life (HRQoL) tool used internationally to determine quality of life (QoL) in cochlear implant (CI) users and to evaluate the implant's subjective benefits.

Objective This study aimed to validate the Danish version of the questionnaire (DA-NCIQ) with a test–retest including 60 participants (30 CI users and 30 CI candidates).

Methods The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated to evaluate the temporal stability of the participants' answers and the internal consistency of the questionnaire domains was determined using the Cronbach alpha in order to compare these results with the NCIQ's other language versions.

Results The DA-NCIQ was found to have Cronbach alpha coefficients between 0.7 and 0.91, as well as test–retest reliability with ICC values between 0.7 and 0.92. These findings were similar to the original and other language versions of this questionnaire. The Cronbach alpha coefficients varied between 0.73 and 0.89, while the ICC test–retest reliability varied between 0.64 and 0.85. Furthermore, the present study found that participants with CIs had an improved HRQoL in all subdomains, except for the advanced sound perception one, when compared to the CI candidates.

Conclusion The results supported the DA-NCIQ as a reliable instrument to measure the subjective benefits of CIs in postlingually deafened/hearing-impaired adults.

Keywords

cochlear implant - Nijmegen cochlear implant questionnaire - quality of life - cochlear implant surgery - DA-NCIQ

Availability of Data and Material

All data including age and sex, were stored in Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) tools developed by Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States [1, 2] and is hosted by the Odense Patient Explorative Network (OPEN) in Southern Denmark. Protocol available: https://open.rsyd.dk/OpenProjects/openProject.jsp?openNo=961&lang=en


Code Availability

Not applicable


Author's Contributions

CSN: Conceptualization, methodology, data collection, data analysis, original draft preparation, review and editing; JHS: Conceptualization, methodology, data analysis, review and editing, funding acquisition and supervision.


Ethics Approval

As there were no patient interventions included in this study no ethical approval was required


Consent to Participate

The participants received oral and written information about the project and publication and were asked to sign a written consent form to enter the study.


Consent for Publications

See consent to participate


Supplementary Material



Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 26. Dezember 2022

Angenommen: 23. Mai 2024

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
22. Januar 2025

© 2025. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Rua do Matoso 170, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 20270-135, Brazil

Bibliographical Record
Charlotte Skov Neumann, Jesper Hvass Schmidt. Evaluation of the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire in Danish. Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2025; 29: s00441788598.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788598