TABLE 3.

Gender differences of THI, MCQ, PSWQ, BDI, and BAI.

	Men		women
	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	t-value	p-value
THI total score	39.0	(25.4)	43.7	(21.8)	0.99	0.32
THI functioning subscale	17.8	(12.0)	19.9	(10.6)	0.91	0.36
THI emotional subscale	12.6	(9.2)	14.4	(8.7)	0.99	0.32
THI catastrophic subscale	8.6	(5.5)	9.5	(5.0)	0.87	0.39
MCQ pos	10.8	(4.2)	9.7	(3.2)	1.42	0.16
MCQ neg	13.0	(4.1)	13.2	(4.3)	0.26	0.80
MCQ CC	10.9	(4.2)	10.9	(4.8)	0.02	0.98
MCQ NC	11.3	(3.5)	9.9	(3.1)	2.03	0.045
MCQ CSC	15.4	(4.0)	15.0	(3.7)	0.44	0.66
PSWQ	45.2	(11.3)	51.0	(12.5)	2.47	0.015
BDI total	9.1	(6.6)	12.5	(8.3)	2.40	0.019
BAI total	8.1	(7.4)	12.6	(10.2)	2.62	0.010

SD, standard deviation; THI, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory; MCQ, Metacognition Questionnaire; pos, positive beliefs about worry; neg, negative beliefs about the controllability of thoughts and danger of worry; CC, cognitive confidence; NC, beliefs about the need to control thoughts; CSC, cognitive self-consciousness; PSWQ, Penn State Worry Questionnaire; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; statistically significant values printed bold.