TABLE 1.
Demographics and clinical features of the patients in the cognitive impairment group (CI) and noncognitive impairment group (n‐CI); intergroup comparison performed with t test for unpaired data
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CI group (MMS < 24) n = 17 |
n‐CI group (MMS ≥ 24) n = 85 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years; mean ± SD) | 76.2 ± 10 | 69.2 ± 9.6 | >.05 |
| Audiological results | |||
| Pure Tone Average (dB; mean ± SD) | 49.6 ± 23.4 | 37.5 ± 23.4 | .0490 |
| Tinnitus features | |||
| Tinnitus duration (months; mean ± SD) | 55.8 ± 53.5 | 64.3 ± 50.7 | >.05 |
| Tinnitus pitch (kHz; mean ± SD) | 4.1 ± 0.5 | 4.5 ± 0.6 | >.05 |
| Tinnitus loudness (dB; mean ± SD) | 55.0 ± 20 | 49.2 ± 22 | >.05 |
| THI score (mean ± SD) | 32.7 ± 23.4 | 32.8 ± 22.3 | >.05 |
| Psychiatric disorders | |||
| HADS‐A score (mean ± SD) | 8.1 ± 5.4 | 5.2 ± 5.3 | .0440 |
| HADS‐D score (mean ± SD) | 7.6 ± 4.9 | 4.6 ± 4.7 | .0160 |