Table 9.
Mean and standard deviation of BSI scores for the three groups of Tinnitus severity and results of pairwise comparison.
| BSI Scales | No Tinnitus (n = 33) Mean (SD) |
Irrelevant/Mild (n = 54) Mean (SD) |
Moderate/Severe/Catastrophic (n = 35) Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somatization BSI.SOM | 39.2 (27.1) | 39.7 (22.4) | 51.6 (18.4) |
| Obsessive–compulsive BSI.O-C |
46.4 (20.2) | 43.2 (17.1) | 53.1 (15.1) b |
| Interpersonal Sensitivity BSI.I-S | 40.6 (26.8) | 37.8 (23.1) | 42.5 (25.6) |
| Depression BSI.DEP | 27.9 (28.8) | 33.5 (24.4) | 47.3 (23.6) a,b |
| Anxiety BSI.ANX | 37.2 (24.7) | 39.8 (20.2) | 51.3 (19.8) a,b |
| Hostility BSI.HOS | 34.5 (25.8) | 37.1 (21.5) | 49.9 (15.5) a,b |
| Phobic Anxiety BSI.PHOB | 24.2 (29.1) | 27.5 (28.5) | 43.2 (16.9) a,b |
| Paranoid Ideation BSI.PAR | 37.5 (28.1) | 41.0 (22.3) | 43.9 (25.1) |
| Psychoticism BSI.PSY | 21.2 (29.4) | 23.6 (27.7) | 33.7 (24.0) |
| Positive Symptom Total BSI.PST | 52.3 (11.4) | 43.0 (17.2) | 54.2 (14.1) b |
| Positive Symptom Distress Index BSI.PSDI | 44.4 (13.8) | 40.4 (14.0) | 47.8 (12.8) b |
a p < 0.05 significant differences between No Tinnitus and Irrelevant/Mild Tinnitus group; b p < 0.05 significant differences between Irrelevant/Mild Tinnitus group and Moderate/Severe/Catastrophic Tinnitus group.