Table 2.
Comparison of ear-related problems in confirmed COVID-19, possible COVID-19, and non-COVID-19 groups using the Kruskal-Wallis test
| Ear-related problems | ConfirmedCOVID-19 (n =475) |
Possible
COVID-19( n =648) |
Non-COVID-19
(n =526) |
2 (degree of freedom) | p -value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing Loss | 16% (n=76) | 13.1% (n=85) | 8.9% (n=47) | 11.5 (2) | 0.003 |
| Tinnitus | 21.5% (n=102) | 17.7% (n=115) | 14.4% (n=76) | 8.4 (2) | 0.015 |
| Aural fullness | 22.5% (n=107) | 19.9% (n=129) | 13.9% (n=73) | 13.2 (2) | 0.0014 |
| Hyperacusis | 26.1% (n=124) | 19.6% (n=127) | 14.3% (n=75) | 22.1 (2) | <0.0001 |
| Balance problems | 17.3% (n=82) | 11.7% (n=76) | 6.7% (n=35) | 27.2 (2) | <0.0001 |
| No reported problem | 49.3% (n=234) | 56.2% (n=364) | 67.5% (n=355) | 35.1 (2) | <0.0001 |