Table 1.
Sample demographics collected via the TSCHQ during registration in the APP.
|
Analysis 1 (N = 278) |
Analysis 2 (N = 32) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| Mean (SD) | 55.3 (12.8) | 55.4 (7.09) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 56 [23.00, 83.0] | 54.0 [40.0, 65.0] |
| Missing | 160 (57.5) | 18 (56.2%) |
| Tinnitus onset (months) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 18.7 (13.4) | 17.6 (11.9) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 13.4 [2.50, 69.3] | 15.0 [6.00, 47.0] |
| Missing | 89 (32%) | 17 (53.1%) |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 201 (72.3%) | 28 (87.5%) |
| Male | 73 (26.3%) | 4 (12.5%) |
| Missing | 4 (1.4%) | - |
| Subjective tinnitus loudness | ||
| Mean (SD) | 49.1 (28.5) | 49.5 (29.8) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 50.0 [0, 100] | 52.0 [0.5, 94.0] |
| Missing | 56 (20.1%) | 7 (21.9%) |
| Type of perceived sound | ||
| Crickets | 31 (11.2%) | 3 (9.4%) |
| Noise | 54 (19.4%) | 8 (25.0%) |
| Other | 15 (5.4%) | 1 (3.1%) |
| Tone | 169 (60.8%) | 19 (59.4%) |
| Missing | 9 (3.2%) | 1 (3.1%) |
| Initial perception | ||
| Abrupt | 133 (47.8%) | 19 (59.4%) |
| Gradual | 141 (50.7%) | 13 (40.6%) |
| Missing | 4 (1.4%) | – |
| Mini-TQ | ||
| Mean (SD) | 13.7 (5.85) | 13.9 (4.90) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 14.0 [0, 24.0] | 12.5 [3.00, 23.0] |
| Missing | 5 (1.8%) | – |
Sample 1 provided sequences with at least 10 days of uninterrupted usage used for auto- and cross-correlation as well as for elastic net regressions. Sample 2 provided sequences with at least 60 days of uninterrupted usage used for uSEM.