Assessment of Quality-of-Life Measurement Instruments for Chronic Otitis Media: A Systematic Review Using the COnsensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) Checklist.

Unlabelled: The purpose of our study is to assess the psychometric measurement properties of various questionnaires for quality of life in adult patients with chronic otitis media (COM) using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis protocol and the COnsensus based Standard for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) checklist. A thorough electronic search was performed with a date limitation of 23rd September 2021 using the following five electronic databases: OVID, Embase, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Scopus. Only full-text articles in the English language about the development or validation of a self-administered measurement instrument to assess QOL in COM patients (≥ 18 years) that assesses one or more of the measurement properties developed by the COSMIN guidelines were included in the study.