Table 2.
Percentages and frequencies of the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR).
| Tinnitus group (n = 62) |
Control group (n = 62) |
ꭓ2 | Adjusted p-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abnormal illness behavior | Health anxiety | 12.9% (8) | 6.5% (4) | 1.48 | 0.378 |
| Disease phobia | 4.8% (3) | 1.6% (1) | 1.03 | 0.393 | |
| Thanatophobia | 8.1% (5) | 6.5% (4) | 0.12 | 0.785 | |
| Illness denial | 29.0% (18) | 8.1% (5) | 9.02 | 0.009 | |
| Somatization syndromes | Functional symptoms | 8.1% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 5.21 | 0.062 |
| Persistent somatization | 11.5% (7) | 1.6% (1) | 4.92 | 0.063 | |
| Conversion symptom | 4.8% (3) | 4.8% (3) | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| Anniversary reaction | 8.1% (5) | 6.5% (4) | 0.12 | 0.785 | |
| Irritability | Type A behavior | 17.7% (11) | 8.1% (5) | 2.58 | 0.216 |
| Irritable mood | 16.1% (10) | 9.7% (6) | 1.15 | 0.393 | |
| Demoralization | Demoralization | 19.4% (12) | 3.2% (2) | 8.05 | 0.018 |
| Alexithymia | Alexithymia | 8.1% (5) | 3.2% (2) | 1.36 | 0.378 |
| DCPR_0 | Up to one DCPR | 30.6% (19) | 67.7% (42) | 17.07 | 0.003 |
| DCPR_1 | Two to several DCPR | 69.4% (43) | 32.3% (20) | 17.07 | 0.003 |
ꭓ2 = chi-squared (chi-square) statistic; Adjusted p-value = p-value adjusted by Benjamini- Hochberg.
STAI-Y2, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory - Y2; DCPR, Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research; DPCR_0, zero to one Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research; DPCR_1, from two to several Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research. The values statistically significant are provided bold in the table.