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. 2016 Nov 11;83(3):249–255. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.03.021

Table 1.

Values of mean and SD of the answers obtained for the THI – total score, functional, emotional and catastrophic categories in the three stages of assessment.

THI Mean ± SD
G1 G2
Total score
 IA 66.66 ± 12.27a 66.4 ± 13.79a
 MO 22.13 ± 16.96b 18.66 ± 12.45b
 FA 11.6 ± 10.03c 10.6 ± 12.88b



Functional
 IA 36.66 ± 10.32a 34.2 ± 7.38a
 MO 9.86 ± 8.33b 10.8 ± 6.53b
 FA 5.46 ± 5.26b 6.4 ± 6.97b



Emotional
 IA 16.66 ± 6.17a 18.8 ± 6.36a
 MO 5.6 ± 5.19b 3.6 ± 4.61b
 FA 2.53 ± 3.81b 2.93 ± 4.58b



Catastrophic
 IA 12 ± 3.46a 14.13 ± 5.47a
 MO 4.8 ± 3.76b 4.26 ± 2.49b
 FA 2.53 ± 2.35b 2.93 ± 3.01b

Different superscript letters in the same category indicate statistically significant difference in the comparison between groups (repeated measures ANOVA and Tukey, p < 0.05 statistically significant).

SD, standard deviation; IA, initial assessment; MO, monitoring; FA, final assessment.