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Est\u00e1 associado a consequ\u00eancias negativas significativas em m\u00faltiplos dom\u00ednios da vida do indiv\u00edduo, nomeadamente f\u00edsico, psicol\u00f3gico, cognitivo, auditivo, social e financeiro. Existem v\u00e1rios question\u00e1rios que podem ser usados para medi\u00e7\u00e3o do seu impacto na qualidade de vida. No entanto, estes n\u00e3o s\u00e3o sens\u00edveis na quantifica\u00e7\u00e3o de poss\u00edveis mudan\u00e7as relacionadas com o tratamento. Assim, foi desenvolvido o question\u00e1rio Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI), que permite avaliar n\u00e3o s\u00f3 a gravidade do acufeno, mas tamb\u00e9m as altera\u00e7\u00f5es despoletadas por uma interven\u00e7\u00e3o cl\u00ednica. O objetivo deste estudo foi a tradu\u00e7\u00e3o, valida\u00e7\u00e3o e adapta\u00e7\u00e3o cultural do TFI para o portugu\u00eas europeu, para posterior aplica\u00e7\u00e3o em estudos de interven\u00e7\u00e3o.M\u00e9todos: Estudo transversal desenvolvido num centro hospitalar terci\u00e1rio portugu\u00eas, conduzido em duas etapas: tradu\u00e7\u00e3o e adapta\u00e7\u00e3o cultural; an\u00e1lise de consist\u00eancia interna e valida\u00e7\u00e3o. O estudo abrangeu um total de 30 participantes. A consist\u00eancia interna do question\u00e1rio foi avaliada pelo teste \u03b1 de Cronbach. A validade convergente foi avaliada pelo coeficiente de correla\u00e7\u00e3o de Spearman entre o TFI e o Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI).Resultados: A vers\u00e3o em portugu\u00eas europeu foi obtida atrav\u00e9s de um processo composto por etapas de tradu\u00e7\u00e3o inicial, s\u00edntese de tradu\u00e7\u00f5es, retrovers\u00e3o da tradu\u00e7\u00e3o e avalia\u00e7\u00e3o por um grupo de profissionais. Os 30 participantes tinham idades compreendidas entre os 26 e os 80 anos (57 \u00b1 11,5 anos) e 19 eram do sexo feminino. A vers\u00e3o portuguesa (europeia) do TFI apresentou uma forte correla\u00e7\u00e3o (rho = 0,823, p &lt; 0,001) com o THI. A consist\u00eancia interna foi elevada, tendo-se obtido um \u03b1 de Cronbach de 0,96.Conclus\u00e3o: A valida\u00e7\u00e3o da escala TFI para o portugu\u00eas europeu apresentou uma forte consist\u00eancia interna, correla\u00e7\u00e3o com a escala THI e proximidade aos resultados positivos obtidos em outros estudos e escala original. Nesse sentido, foi considerado um instrumento com evid\u00eancia de adequa\u00e7\u00e3o e validade, \u00fatil para avalia\u00e7\u00e3o da gravidade do acufeno, e que permite avaliar o efeito de uma interven\u00e7\u00e3o cl\u00ednica. 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