Evaluation of the psychopathological risk factors associated with tinnitus: A case-control study of an outpatient cohort
| Autor: | M.P. Nardo, G. Di Pietro, Elio Marciano, C. Cerruti, B. Speranza, L. Valoroso, Pasquale Giannini, M. Petrosino, L. Carrabba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Audiological Medicine. 5:125-128 |
| ISSN: | 1651-3835 1651-386X |
| Popis: | Tinnitus affects about 10–17% of the population worldwide. In 4% of cases, it is also accompanied by unrelenting and annoying psychological problems. To date, it is still unclear whether tinnitus is in some way correlated with psychopathological distress and, if this is the case, whether it affects the psychopathological profile of the patient by worsening it, or by eliciting its manifestation.The present study assessed whether patients with tinnitus were more likely to have psychopathological distress than those who were not affected by the symptom. The experimental design of the research was based on a case control study. Case patients were defined as subjects affected by idiopathic tinnitus who were referred to the Audiology Clinic of the University of Naples, Italy from April 2003 to March 2004. Inclusion criteria were: 1) patients aged 18–60 years, 2) eight years of education, and 3) new cases of tinnitus. To obtain an appropriate control population, the ‘study base’ principle was adopted: the contro... |
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