Multidisciplinary group information for patients with tinnitus: an open trial

Figures & data

Figure 1. Patient flow.

Table 1. Background data for patients (n = 426).

	n	%	M	SD	Median
Number of women	211	49.53
Age (years)			54.67	13.35
Duration of tinnitus (years)	373	87.56			5
No answer	20	5.40
’For a long time’	33	7.75
Location of tinnitus
Left only	64	15.02
Left mostly	93	21.83
Middle of the head/both ears	196	46.01
Right mostly	41	9.62
Right only	32	7.51
dB HL best ear^a	395	92.7	19.14	13.62
dB HL worst ear^a	395	92.7	27.44	19.76
Self-reported hearing loss	299	70.19
Self-reported sensitivity to sound
Not more than others	64	15.02
A little	83	19.48
Quite	115	27.00
Very	124	29.11
Extremely	19	4.46
No answer	21	4.93

^a As an average of measurements of the 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz frequencies.

Table 2. Means and SDs before and after attending the multidisciplinary tinnitus information session (n = 426).

	Before		After		t-test
	M	SD	M	SD	t	p
THI	47.3	21.8	43.7	22.7	5.87	<.001
HADS-Anxiety	6.8	4.5	6.4	4.3	2.47	<.05
HADS-Depression	5.7	4.2	5.5	4.2	1.35	ns

Table 3. Pre- and post-categories of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.

	No (0–16)	Mild (18–36)	Moderate (38–56)	Severe (58–100)
Pre	26	120	135	145
Post	50	136	113	127