Table 2.
Correlation between tinnitus severity/characteristics and psychiatric distress in the male group
| Variable | Correlation | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1. THI total score | 1 | −0.131 | 0.169 | 0.463** | 0.415** | 0.751** | 0.782** | 0.606** | 0.598** |
| 2. Age (yr) | −0.131 | 1 | 0.167 | 0.026 | 0.109 | −0.080 | −0.061 | −0.020 | −0.220* |
| 3. Duration of tinnitus (mo) | 0.169 | 0.167 | 1 | 0.330** | 0.240* | 0.244** | 0.221* | 0.091 | 0.024 |
| 4. VAS scores of tinnitus loudness | 0.463** | 0.026 | 0.330** | 1 | 0.517** | 0.681** | 0.681** | 0.315** | 0.275** |
| 5. VAS scores of tinnitus awareness | 0.415** | 0.109 | 0.240* | 0.517** | 1 | 0.590** | 0.567** | 0.306** | 0.245** |
| 6. VAS scores of tinnitus annoyance | 0.751** | −0.080 | 0.244** | 0.681** | 0.590** | 1 | 0.911** | 0.449** | 0.388** |
| 7. VAS scores of effect of tinnitus on life | 0.782** | −0.061 | 0.221* | 0.681** | 0.567** | 0.911** | 1 | 0.493** | 0.426** |
| 8. BDI | 0.606** | −0.020 | 0.091 | 0.315** | 0.306** | 0.449** | 0.493** | 1 | 0.547** |
| 9. BEPSI-K | 0.598** | −0.220* | 0.024** | 0.275** | 0.245 | 0.388** | 0.426** | 0.547** | 1 |
THI, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory; VAS, visual analog scale; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEPSI-K, Korean version of Brief Encounter Psychosocial Instrument.
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01 for Pearson correlation.