Meric C, Gartner M, Collet L, Chéry-Croze S
CNRS UPRESA 5020, Pavillon U, Hôpital E.-Herriot, Lyon, France.
Audiol Neurootol. 1998 Jul-Aug;3(4):240-52. doi: 10.1159/000013796.
This study involving 281 French tinnitus sufferers sought to investigate possible correlations between psychopathological profile and scores obtained from three tinnitus questionnaires. The patients all completed a French version of the Mini-Mult--a shortened Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--and French translations of three questionnaires designed especially for the clinical assessment of tinnitus: Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire (TRQ), Subjective Tinnitus Severity Scale (STSS) and Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire (THQ). Significant correlations were found (p < 0.0001) between scores on various Mini-Mult scales and total or factor 1 THQ and total TRQ scores. No significant correlation was found between the STSS and any Mini-Mult score.
