Table 3.
Percentages and frequencies of cognitive variables with respect to the degree of severity of subjective tinnitus (THI).
| Degree of severity of subjective tinnitus (THI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive variables | Slight | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Catastrophic | Total |
| FAB | Fisher exact test: p-value = 0.026 < α = 0.05 | |||||
| Deficit | 40.0 (2) | 100.0 (16) | 80.0 (12) | 90.9 (10) | 66.7 (10) | 80.6 (50) |
| Borderline | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 6.7 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 6.7 (1) | 3.2 (2) |
| Within the normal range | 60.0 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 13.3 (2) | 9.1 (1) | 26.7 (4) | 16.1 (10) |
| Total | 100.0 (5) | 100.0 (16) | 100.0 (15) | 100.0 (11) | 100.0 (15) | 100.0 (62) |
| MMSE | Fisher exact test: p-value = 0.876 > α = 0.05 | |||||
| Deficit | 80.0 (4) | 75.0 (12) | 66.7 (10) | 63.6 (7) | 53.3 (8) | 66.1 (41) |
| Borderline | 20.0 (1) | 25.0 (4) | 33.3 (5) | 36.4 (4) | 40.0 (6) | 32.3 (20) |
| Within the normal range | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 6.7 (1) | 1.6 (1) |
| Total | 100.0 (5) | 100.0 (16) | 100.0 (15) | 100.0 (11) | 100.0 (15) | 100.0 (62) |
MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; FAB, Frontal Assessment Battery.