Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the effective and noneffective groups, defined by THI score.
| Characteristic |
Effective (N = 96) |
Noneffective (N = 63) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, no. of males : no. of females | 50 : 46 | 27 : 36 | 0.255 a |
| Mean age ± SD, years | 44.03 ± 13.12 | 46.13 ± 13.93 | 0.338 b |
| Hearing loss, N (%) | 64 (66.7%) | 46 (73.0%) | 0.396 a |
| Education degree, N (%) | 0.197 | ||
| Primary school | 7 (7.3%) | 7 (11.1%) | |
| Junior high school | 24 (25.0%) | 10 (15.9%) | |
| Senior high school | 16 (16.7%) | 18 (28.6%) | |
| University | 44 (45.8%) | 27 (42.9%) | |
| Master's degree or higher | 5 (5.2%) | 1 (1.6%) | |
| Character traits | |||
| Impatient | 49 (51.0%) | 41 (65.1%) | 0.081 a |
| Anxious for others | 43 (44.8%) | 29 (46.0%) | 0.878 a |
| Irritable | 38 (39.6%) | 17 (27.0%) | 0.102 a |
| Nervous | 42 (43.8%) | 12 (19.0%) | 0.001 a |
| Suspicious | 11 (11.5%) | 4 (6.3%) | 0.281 a |
| Perfectionist | 17 (17.7%) | 17 (27.0%) | 0.163 a |
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| Median tinnitus duration, months (IQR) | 24 (62) | 24 (48) | 0.798 c |
| Mean initial THI score ± SD | 51.25 ± 20.85 | 38.60 ± 23.15 | <0.001 b |
| Mean first-to-last-contact interval ± SD, days | 35.41 ± 20.86 | 35.10 ± 20.14 | 0.926 b |
| Sleep quality at first contact | 7.38 ± 2.98 | 6.76 ± 3.29 | 0.225 b |
| Sleep quality at last contact | 5.85 ± 2.45 | 7.00 ± 3.05 | 0.010 c |
| Change in sleep quality, N (%) | |||
| Improved | 53 (55.2%) | 15 (23.8%) | <0.001 a |
| Not improved | 43 (44.8%) | 48 (76.2%) | |
| Sleep advice compliance, N (%) | 0.017 a | ||
| Better | 76 (79.2%) | 39 (61.9%) | |
| Worse | 20 (20.8%) | 24 (38.1%) | |
THI, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.
aChi-squared test, bone-way ANOVA, and cMann–Whitney U test.