Zubair Muhammad, Mumtaz Nazia, Saqulain Ghulam
Department of Audiology, KRL Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Allied Health Sciences, Shifa Tameer e Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Jan;71(1(A)):90-93. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.641.
To determine the impact of tinnitus-related handicap on daily living of tinnitus sufferers and factors associated with tinnitus severity.
The cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2016 to April 2017at Al-Nafees Medical College Hospital, Islamabad, Capital Development Authority Hospital, Islamabad, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur; and Wassay Ear Nose Throat Clinic, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. Tinnitus patients of either gender aged 15-75 years were included. Detailed history was taken and examination was conducted. Data was collected using the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, and was analysed using SPSS 21.
Of the 152 patients, 87(57.20%) were males. The overall mean age was 44.10±16.06 years. Tinnitus was severe in 53(34.87%), while catastrophic severity was noted in 26(17.10%). Cases with hearing loss and male gender suffered significantly more in daily life activities (p<0.05). Severity of tinnitus handicap was associated with the type of tinnitus sound (p<0.05).
Gender, hearing loss and type of tinnitus sound were found to be associated with the severity of the condition.
确定耳鸣相关障碍对耳鸣患者日常生活的影响以及与耳鸣严重程度相关的因素。
2016年11月至2017年4月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡的纳菲斯医学院医院、伊斯兰堡首都发展管理局医院、拉合尔综合医院、拉合尔、巴哈瓦尔布尔的巴哈瓦尔维多利亚医院以及穆扎法拉巴德的瓦赛耳鼻喉诊所开展了这项横断面研究。纳入年龄在15 - 75岁的耳鸣患者，无论性别。采集详细病史并进行检查。使用耳鸣障碍量表收集数据，并采用SPSS 21进行分析。
152例患者中，87例（57.20%）为男性。总体平均年龄为44.10±16.06岁。53例（34.87%）耳鸣严重，26例（17.10%）为灾难性严重程度。听力损失患者和男性在日常生活活动中受影响更显著（p<0.05）。耳鸣障碍的严重程度与耳鸣声音类型有关（p<0.05）。
发现性别、听力损失和耳鸣声音类型与病情严重程度相关。
