TABLE 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.
| Tinnitus | Control | t/χ2 | p-Value | |
| Age (year) | 40.9 ± 12.5 | 42.3 ± 14.2 | 0.503 | 0.608a |
| Gender (M/F) | 31/15 | 26/20 | 1.153 | 0.283b |
| Education (year) | 13.6 ± 3.9 | 14.0 ± 4.3 | 0.361 | 0.703a |
| SDS score | 35.9 ± 11.3 | 31.9 ± 8.9 | 1.875 | 0.064a |
| SAS score | 33.6 ± 13.4 | 29.6 ± 9.3 | 1.645 | 0.104a |
| Hearing threshold (dB HL) | 20.02 ± 4.7 | 18.5 ± 3.0 | 1.866 | 0.065a |
| Tinnitus duration (month) | 24.46 ± 12.31 | NA | NA | |
| THI score | 54.59 ± 17.31 | NA | NA | |
| VAS score | 2.97 ± 1.73 | NA | NA |
SDS, self-rating depression scale; SAS, self-rating anxiety scale; THI, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory; VAS, visual analog scale; NA, not applicable. aTwo-sample t-tests. bChi-square test.