. 2022 Jan 31;22(1):207.

doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12648-5.

Development and initial validation of the Chinese Version of the Noise Exposure Questionnaire (C-NEQ)

Kun Han^#^{1

2

3}, Qixuan Wang^#^{1

2

3}, Lu Yang^{1

2

3}, Sijia Xu^{1

2

3}, Chen Li⁴, James Lin⁴, Hao Wu^{5

6

7}, Zhiwu Huang^{8

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Network and Information Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. wuhao@shsmu.edu.cn.
⁶ Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. wuhao@shsmu.edu.cn.
⁷ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China. wuhao@shsmu.edu.cn.
⁸ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. huangzw86@126.com.
⁹ Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. huangzw86@126.com.
¹⁰ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China. huangzw86@126.com.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 35100992
PMCID: PMC8805437
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12648-5

Development and initial validation of the Chinese Version of the Noise Exposure Questionnaire (C-NEQ)

Kun Han et al. BMC Public Health. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 31;22(1):207.

doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12648-5.

Authors

Kun Han^#^{1

2

3}, Qixuan Wang^#^{1

2

3}, Lu Yang^{1

2

3}, Sijia Xu^{1

2

3}, Chen Li⁴, James Lin⁴, Hao Wu^{5

6

7}, Zhiwu Huang^{8

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Network and Information Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. wuhao@shsmu.edu.cn.
⁶ Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. wuhao@shsmu.edu.cn.
⁷ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China. wuhao@shsmu.edu.cn.
⁸ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. huangzw86@126.com.
⁹ Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. huangzw86@126.com.
¹⁰ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China. huangzw86@126.com.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 35100992
PMCID: PMC8805437
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12648-5

Abstract

Background: With a high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), the noise survey tools for identifying individuals with high risk of NIHL are still limited. This study was aimed to translate and develop a Chinese version of noise exposure questionnaire (C-NEQ), and validate its reliability and reproducibility.

Methods: This study was conducted from May 2020 to March 2021 in China. The questionnaire was translated from the original NEQ and adapted into Chinese culture using the method according to the International Test Committee. Content validity was evaluated by our expert group. Construct validity and reliability of the C-NEQ was determined through estimating the confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha in a cross-sectional analysis among 641 Chinese speaking adults, respectively. The retest reproducibility of the C-NEQ was analyzed by using the intra-group correlation coefficient (ICC) in a follow-up analysis among 151 participants.

Results: The C-NEQ comprises ten items covering four domains: occupational, housework, transport and recreational noise exposure. The annual noise exposure (ANE) was calculated as the protocol of original NEQ. A total of 641 adult participants (aged 26.9 ± 10.1 years, 53.4% males) completed the C-NEQ. The average time for completing the C-NEQ was 4.4 ± 3.0 min. Content validity indicated high relevance of the C-NEQ. The confirmatory factor analysis indices illustrated that the items of the C-NEQ were suitable with the data in the study. For the internal reliability, the Cronbach's α coefficients of the total items and four domains (occupational, housework, transport, and recreational noise exposure) were 0.799, 0.959, 0.837, 0.825, and 0.803, respectively. Among them, 151 participants (aged 36.1 ± 11.1 years, 65.6% males) completed the retest of the C-NEQ 1 month after the first test. The ICC value of total ANEs between the first test and the second test was 0.911 (P < 0.001).

Conclusions: In this study, we have validated the C-NEQ with adequate reliability and reproducibility for quantifying an individual's annual daily noise exposure, which provides an effective fast-screen tool for researches and clinics to identify those individuals with high risks of NIHL within the short time duration (no more than five minutes) among Chinese population.

Keywords: Annual noise exposure; Chinese; Noise exposure questionnaire; Reliability; Reproducibility.

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