International Journal of Speech and Audiology
2025, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A
Translation and validation of the dizziness handicap inventory in Bengali language
Author(s): Subhashree Sahoo
Abstract: The Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) assesses the impact of dizziness on Quality of Life and evaluative tool. Present study aimed to translate and validate the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) into the Bengali language to provide a reliable and culturally relevant tool for assessing dizziness-related handicaps among Bengali-speaking individuals. The DHI in English was translated into Bengali language with the help of qualified and expert professionals, who use Bengali as their mother tongue. After following content validation, the final DHI-Bengali was administered to the present study included 160 Participants, out of which 77 were male and 83 were female. The mean age of the participants was 44.98 years, with standard deviation of 14.29. The age range of the participants was 20-70 year. The scores obtained from the translated questionnaire (DHI-B) from the participants were statistically analysed using SPSS version 29.0 software. Statistical analysis was performed in which Cronbach Alpha, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability were assessed among the psychometric properties of the DHI-Bengali. The overall Cronbach’s alpha total score of 0.917 (0.92) which is considered to be an excellent reliability according to the statistics and the score of 0.786 (0.78), 0.777 (0.78) and 0.828 (0.83) were obtained on three subscales i.e. physical, emotional and functional respectively. The overall ICC (Cronbach’s Alpha) value is pre- and post-database, demonstrating high internal consistency and reliability of the DHI-Bengali questionnaire. The excellent reliability and high internal consistency of Cronbach’s Alpha properties of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory in the Bengali version.
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Subhashree Sahoo. Translation and validation of the dizziness handicap inventory in Bengali language. International Journal of Speech and Audiology. 2025; 6(2): 32-43.
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