Background To create and validate a German version of the Tonsil and Adenoid Health Status Instrument (TAHSI) for evaluation of tonsillectomy outcome in adult patients with chronic or recurrent tonsillitis. Subjects and methods 46 healthy volunteers were assessed twice in a 6 week interval with the TAHSI questionnaire. Their results were compared with 45 patients suffering from chronic tonsillitis before tonsillectomy and 6 months following surgery. For internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha was calculated; to identify normal score values, the optimum cutoff between healthy and diseased individuals was identified with receiver operating characteristic analysis; and responsiveness was assessed using Guyatt’s Responsiveness Index (GRI). Results Cronbach’s alpha for all questions was 0.92. Test- retest intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.89 (95% confidence interval 0.80-0.94 p?
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机译：背景技术创建并验证德语版的《扁桃体和腺样体健康状态仪》（TAHSI），以评估成年慢性或复发性扁桃体炎患者的扁桃体切除术结局。对象和方法用TAHSI问卷在6周的间隔内对46名健康志愿者进行了两次评估。将他们的结果与45例慢性扁桃体炎患者在扁桃体切除术之前和术后6个月进行比较。为了内部一致性，计算了Cronbach的alpha。为了确定正常的得分值，通过受试者工作特征分析确定了健康人和患病个体之间的最佳临界值;然后使用盖亚特的响应度指数（GRI）评估响应度。结果所有问题的Cronbach的alpha为0.92。重测组内相关系数为0.89（95％置信区间0.80-0.94 p 0.001）。健康个体的平均得分为7.0（95％置信区间4.2-9.7）。健康与患病之间的最佳临界分值为20，灵敏度为80％，专一度为90％，以区分扁桃体切除术患者与对照组。结论TAHSI在此验证测试中表现良好，被认为是评估慢性或复发性扁桃体炎成人扁桃体切除术有效性的有利工具。
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