University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands.
Psychosomatics. 2010 Jan-Feb;51(1):29-38. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.51.1.29.
Tinnitus is a common and disturbing condition, reported by 10% to 20% of the general population.
The authors sought to determine personality characteristics associated with tinnitus patients versus a control group of ear-nose-throat (ENT) patients without tinnitus.
Adult chronic tinnitus sufferers (N=265) and ENT patients without tinnitus (N=265) participated in a cross-sectional study. The authors evaluated personality characteristics with tests for distressed personality (Type D), neuroticism, extraversion, and emotional stability.
As compared with control subjects, tinnitus patients had statistically significant and clinically relevant higher levels of neuroticism, negative affectivity, and social inhibition, on one hand, and lower levels of extraversion and emotional stability on the other hand. Also, tinnitus patients were more likely to have a type D personality.
Neuroticism, reduced extraversion, and reduced emotional stability were associated with tinnitus, but the level of prediction of the model improved with the addition of type D personality to the single traits. This might indicate that personality characteristics, and type D personality, in particular, are associated with having tinnitus and might contribute to its perceived severity.
耳鸣是一种常见且令人困扰的病症，据报道，10%至 20%的普通人群受其影响。
作者旨在确定与耳鸣患者相关的人格特征，与无耳鸣的耳鼻喉科（ENT）患者对照组进行比较。
成年慢性耳鸣患者（N=265）和无耳鸣的 ENT 患者（N=265）参与了一项横断面研究。作者使用用于评估苦恼人格（D 型）、神经质、外向性和情绪稳定性的测试评估人格特征。
与对照组相比，耳鸣患者在神经质、负性情感和社交抑制等方面具有统计学上显著且具有临床意义的更高水平，而在外向性和情绪稳定性方面则较低。此外，耳鸣患者更有可能具有 D 型人格。
神经质、外向性降低和情绪稳定性降低与耳鸣相关，但通过将 D 型人格添加到单一特征中，该模型的预测水平得到了提高。这可能表明人格特征，特别是 D 型人格，与耳鸣有关，并可能导致其感知的严重程度。
