Table 2.
Prevalence of probable mental health problems and alcohol misuse at phase three by auditory problems at phase two (total n = 5474)
| Number of participants | CMD | PTSD | Alcohol misuse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n (%)a | pb | n (%)a | pb | n (%)a | pb | |
| Total | 5474 | 996 (20.0) | 232 (4.7) | 428 (8.7) | |||
| No auditory problems | 3717 | 685 (18.3) | 135 (3.7) | 305 (8.2) | |||
| Hearing problems alone | 437 | 93 (21.7) | 19 (3.9) | 29 (6.3) | |||
| Tinnitus alone | 391 | 102 (24.3) | 34 (8.8) | 37 (8.8) | |||
| Hearing problems with tinnitus | 377 | 116 (29.3) | < 0.001 | 44 (11.2) | < 0.001 | 57 (16.3) | < 0.001 |
Bold indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)
CMD common mental disorders, PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder
aNumbers are unweighted, percentages are weighted
bp value via Pearson’s Chi-squared test.