Table 1.

Sample characteristics and questionnaires (N = 1958).

Variables/Sociodemographic Information	Mean (st.dev.)/Percent
Sex	women: 50%
Age	49.4 (11.8)
Partnership	yes: 72%
Graduation	low: 11% middle: 39% high: 49%
Employment Duration of tinnitus Number of physicians consulted	yes: 74.7% 2.7 years (1.9) 2.95 (1.6)
Variables	Mean (st.dev.)
Total TQ: tinnitus-related distress Emotional distress Cognitive distress Psychological distress Intrusiveness Auditory perceptual difficulties Sleep disturbances Somatic complaints	35.2 (17.2) 9.5 (5.6) 5.9 (4.1) 15.4 (9.3) 9.6 (3.8) 4.8 (3.6) 3.3 (2.5) 2.1 (1.9)
PSQ-20 total: perceived stress Worries Tension Joy Demand	44.8 (18.3) 27.7 (22.7) 55.9 (22.6) 49.5 (23.2) 48.8 (22.2)
SWOP Self-efficacy Optimism Pessimism	28.0 (5.8) 27.7 (7.6) 21.2 (7.2)
ADSL total depression	15.6 (11.3)
BSF berlin mood questionnaire Elevated mood Positive mindset Anger Anxious depression Fatigue Apathy BI Berlin complaint inventory Overall complaints Fatigue Abdominal symptoms Limb pain Heart symptoms	1.6 (1.0) 2.2 (0.77) 0.7 (0.71) 1.08 (0.92) 1.49 (1.01) 0.56 (0.67) 22.69 (15.32) 8.53 (5.89) 2.76 (3.39) 8.40 (5.39) 3.00 (3.68)
SES pain perception scale Affective pain Sensoric pain	23.34 (9.86) 13.57 (4.95)
ISR ICD-10 Symptom Rating: total score Depression Anxiety Obsessive–compulsive syndrome Somatoform syndrome Eating disorder syndrome Additional items score	0.78 (0.58) 1.10 (0.92) 0.91 (0.90) 0.79 (0.85) 0.59 (0.78) 0.66 (0.81) 0.71 (0.55)

TQ = Tinnitus questionnaire, PSQ = Perceived Stress Questionnaire, SWOP = Self-Efficacy-Optimism-Pessimism Scale questionnaire, Pain Perception Scale, ADS = General Depression Scale, BSF = Berlin Mood Questionnaire, BI = Berlin Complaint Inventory, SES = Pain Perception Scale, ISR = ICD-10-Symptom-Rating.