Table 5.
Comorbidities in subjects with tinnitus with or without headache.
| Any Tinnitus | Tinnitus as a big problem | Severe tinnitus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headache (n = 660) No (%) | No Headache (n = 1879) No (%) | Headache (n = 125) No (%) | No Headache (n = 218) No (%) | Headache (n = 79) No (%) | No Headache (n = 119) No (%) | |
| Hearing problem | χ²(2) = 2.86, p = 0.24 (0.313) | χ²(2) = 1.57, p = 0.456 (0.744) | χ²(2) = 0.36, p = 0.836 (0.919) | |||
| Don’t know | 121 (18.3) | 304 (16.2) | 14 (11.2) | 27 (12.4) | 6 (7.6) | 12 (10.1) |
| Yes | 309 (46.8) | 946 (50.4) | 81 (64.8) | 151 (69.3) | 50 (63.3) | 73 (61.3) |
| No | 230 (34.9) | 629 (33.5) | 30 (24) | 40 (18.4) | 23 (29.1) | 34 (28.6) |
| Hearing aids | χ²(3)=1.01, p = 0.799 (0.827) | χ²(3)=1.04, p = 0.792 (0.88) | χ²(3)=1.2, p = 0.754 (0.919) | |||
| Yes, on both ears | 43 (6.5) | 115 (6.1) | 22 (17.6) | 43 (19.7) | 12 (15.2) | 22 (18.5) |
| Yes, on the right ear | 4 (0.6) | 19 (1.0) | 4 (3.2) | 6 (2.8) | 3 (3.8) | 4 (3.4) |
| Yes, on the left ear | 8 (1.2) | 23 (1.2) | 5 (4.0) | 5 (2.3) | 4 (5.1) | 3 (2.5) |
| No | 605 (91.7) | 1722 (91.6) | 94 (75.2) | 164 (75.2) | 60 (76.0) | 90 (75.6) |
| Problems tolerating sounds | χ²(4) = 70.08, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(4) = 9.81, p = 0.044 (0.119) | χ²(3) = 5.15, p = 0.162 (0.485) | |||
| Never | 11 (1.7) | 95 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Rarely | 61 (9.2) | 347 (18.5) | 4 (3.2) | 16 (7.3) | 2 (2.5) | 9 (7.6) |
| Sometimes | 248 (37.6) | 742 (39.5) | 24 (19.2) | 66 (30.3) | 14 (17.7) | 31 (26.1) |
| Usually | 207 (31.4) | 469 (25) | 49 (39.2) | 73 (33.5) | 28 (35.4) | 39 (32.8) |
| Always | 133 (20.2) | 226 (12) | 48 (38.4) | 62 (28.4) | 35 (44.3) | 40 (33.6) |
| Sounds cause pain or physical discomfort | χ²(2) = 51.96, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(2) = 6, p = 0.05 (0.124) | χ²(2) = 0.69, p = 0.71 (0.919) | |||
| Don’t know | 39 (5.9) | 115 (6.1) | 7 (5.6) | 16 (7.3) | 3 (3.8) | 7 (5.9) |
| Yes | 427 (64.7) | 919 (48.9) | 98 (78.4) | 144 (66.1) | 62 (78.5) | 88 (74) |
| No | 194 (29.4) | 845 (45) | 20 (16) | 58 (26.6) | 14 (17.7) | 24 (20.2) |
| Temporomandibular problems | χ²(2) = 168.49, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(2) = 15.98, p = 0 (0.002) | χ²(2) = 9.15, p = 0.01 (0.077) | |||
| Don’t know | 37 (5.6) | 64 (3.4) | 11 (8.8) | 17 (7.8) | 6 (7.6) | 7 (5.9) |
| Yes | 231 (35) | 245 (13) | 50 (40) | 45 (20.6) | 36 (45.6) | 31 (26.1) |
| No | 392 (59.4) | 1570 (83.6) | 64 (51.2) | 156 (71.6) | 37 (46.8) | 81 (68.1) |
| Vertigo/dizziness | χ²(2) = 177.98, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(2) = 38.25, p < 0.0001 (0.0005) | χ²(2) = 24.39, p < 0.0001 (0.002) | |||
| Don’t know | 33 (5.0) | 64 (3.4) | 6 (4.8) | 9 (4.1) | 1 (1.3) | 4 (3.4) |
| Yes | 278 (42.1) | 324 (17.2) | 67 (53.6) | 47 (21.6) | 40 (50.6) | 21 (17.7) |
| No | 349 (52.9) | 1491 (79.4) | 52 (41.6) | 162 (74.3) | 38 (48.1) | 94 (79.0) |
| Neck pain | χ²(2) = 339.35, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(2) = 36.22, p < 0.0001 (0.0005) | χ²(2) = 13.17, p = 0.001 (0.014) | |||
| Don’t know | 14 (2.1) | 26 (1.4) | 3 (2.4) | 6 (2.8) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (0.8) |
| Yes | 397 (60.2) | 410 (21.8) | 83 (66.4) | 72 (33.0) | 51 (64.6) | 46 (38.7) |
| No | 249 (37.7) | 1443 (76.8) | 39 (31.2) | 140 (64.2) | 27 (34.2) | 72 (60.5) |
| Other pain syndromes | χ²(2) = 145.17, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(2) = 33.37, p < 0.0001 (0.0005) | χ²(2) = 17.49, p = 0 (0.003) | |||
| Don’t know | 24 (3.6) | 18 (1.0) | 4 (3.2) | 2 (0.9) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (2.5) |
| Yes | 256 (38.8) | 341 (18.2) | 71 (56.8) | 60 (27.5) | 43 (54.4) | 31 (26.1) |
| No | 380 (57.6) | 1520 (80.9) | 50 (40) | 156 (71.6) | 33 (41.8) | 85 (71.4) |
| Under psychatric treatment | χ²(2) = 34.43, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(2) = 5.81, p = 0.055 (0.127) | χ²(1) = 3.94, p = 0.047 (0.204) | |||
| Don’t know | 7 (1.1) | 9 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Yes | 89 (13.5) | 122 (6.5) | 28 (22.4) | 28 (12.8) | 21 (26.6) | 18 (15.1) |
| No | 564 (85.5) | 1748 (93) | 97 (77.6) | 189 (86.7) | 58 (73.4) | 101 (84.9) |
| Diagnosed disease | χ²(1) = 21.32, p < 0.0001 (0.0001) | χ²(1) = 8.01, p = 0.005 (0.023) | χ²(1) = 2.15, p = 0.143 (0.485) | |||
| Yes | 265 (40.2) | 570 (30.3) | 60 (48) | 71 (32.6) | 34 (43) | 39 (32.8) |
| No | 395 (59.9) | 1309 (69.7) | 65 (52) | 147 (67.4) | 45 (57) | 80 (67.2) |
Pairwise comparisons using Pearson’s Chi-square test are reported. Percentages (%) displayed refer to column percentages. P values adjusted for multiple comparisons are shown between parenthesis. Estimates in bold are statistically significant at 0.05 level.