02273caa a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041100002200055245016100077260000900238270012800247270003000375300001400405490002400419520133700443653008101780700002401861700001601885700002601901700002301927773005001950856004302000210629s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a1809-4864  aPrashanth Prabhu  0aDevelopment and Administration of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 (COMQ-12) and Chronic Otitis Media Outcome Test-15 (COMOT-15) in Kannada  c2018  aDepartment of Electronics, All India Institute of Speech and HearingRinggold Standard Institution, Mysore, Karnataka, India  mprashanth.audio@gmail.com  a108–112  vVolume  22  Issue 2  aIntroductionIt is essential to determine the quality of life among individuals withchronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). However, there is limited literature on health-related quality of life measurements in Kannada-speaking individuals with CSOM.ObjectivesThe present study attempted to translate and validate Chronic Suppura-tive Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 (COMQ-12) and Chronic Otitis Media Outcome Test-15 (COMOT-15) in Kannada.MethodThe English questionnaires were translated and back-translated, and theywere later verified for content validity. The developed questionnaires were thenadministered to 100 individuals with CSOM for further validation.ResultsThe results of the study showed that the translated questionnaires have goodinternal consistency for measuring quality of life among individuals with CSOM. Thestudy also showed that Kannada-speaking individuals with CSOM show significantimpairment in their health-related quality of life measures.ConclusionsThe impairments were more related to ear symptoms and psychologicalissues. However, test-retest reliability of the developed questionnaire and its furthervalidation are essential. Thus, these questionnaires attempt to understand theproblems of the individuals with CSOM from the patients’perspective and helpclinicians provide the appropriate management.  achronic suppurativeotitis mediaquestionnaire►translation►quality of life  aAishwarya Ganeshan   aAnita Jose   aAnusha Chandrashekar   aLavanya Kiruthika   aInternational archives of otorhinolaryngology  uhttps://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1603644