Table 1.
Psychological and cognitive variables both in the tinnitus and control groups.
| Tinnitus group (n = 62) |
Control group (n = 62) |
t | df | Adjusted p-value |
Cohen’s d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STAI-Y1 | 39.60 ± 11.08 | 33.40 ± 8.56 | 3.454 | 120 | 0.001 | 0.625 |
| STAI-Y2 | 42.40 ± 10.48 | 34.94 ± 8.12 | 4.375 | 120 | 0.001 | 0.792 |
| Beck depression inventory | 11.6 ± 8.12 | 5.47 ± 5.13 | 4.996 | 120 | 0.001 | 0.909 |
| SCL-90-R | ||||||
| Somatization | 57.80 ± 16.65 | 46.68 ± 7.34 | 4.808 | 121 | 0.001 | 0.867 |
| Obsessive-compulsive | 56.90 ± 13.62 | 46.24 ± 7.34 | 5.347 | 121 | 0.001 | 0.964 |
| Interpersonal sensitivity | 52.90 ± 12.77 | 48.98 ± 8.83 | 1.968 | 121 | 0.055 | 0.355 |
| Depression | 60.80 ± 15.61 | 45.94 ± 9.93 | 6.295 | 121 | 0.001 | 1.135 |
| Anxiety | 58.90 ± 14.26 | 46.90 ± 10.43 | 5.333 | 121 | 0.001 | 0.962 |
| Hostility | 51.20 ± 10.63 | 45.31 ± 9.54 | 3.226 | 121 | 0.003 | 0.582 |
| Phobic anxiety | 57.80 ± 15.62 | 49.50 ± 8.07 | 3.721 | 121 | 0.001 | 0.671 |
| Paranoid ideation | 52.90 ± 11.92 | 47.26 ± 9.00 | 2.971 | 121 | 0.005 | 0.536 |
| Psychoticism | 59.30 ± 15.36 | 49.53 ± 9.18 | 4.295 | 121 | 0.001 | 0.775 |
| Global severity index | 58.3 ± 15.08 | 46.56 ± 8.06 | 5.377 | 121 | 0.001 | 0.970 |
| MMSE | 27.40 ± 2.35 | 28.65 ± 1.50 | 1299* | 122 | 0.001 | 0.658 |
| FAB | 15.80 ± 2.04 | 15.81 ± 1.96 | −0.123 | 120 | 0.902 | −0.022 |
t = t-statistic; t* = Mann–Whitney U df = degrees of freedom; Adjusted p-value = p-value adjusted by Benjamini- Hochberg.
STAI-Y2, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory - Y2; STAI-Y1, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory – Y1; SCL-90-R, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; FAB, Frontal Assessment Battery. The values statistically significant are provided bold in the table.