Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 370-378Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500147557
Keywords
tinnitus; psychosomatic stress factors; coping strategies; comorbidity
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role and interaction of individual factors on decompensated tinnitus. Subjects consisted of 53 adult patients with chronic tinnitus. They were selected and assigned to two groups, compensated (n =28) and decompensated (n = 25), according to the results of an established tinnitus questionnaire. Both groups were evaluated and compared. The patients with decompensated tinnitus suffered from more pronounced social disabilities, were more prone to depression, and used less effective techniques to cope with their illness. They showed a higher degree of somatic multimorbidity, with particularly strong correlations between tinnitus and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and hyporacusis. As a consequence, in the psychosomatic tinnitus therapy, greater attention should be given to the treatment of the somatic complaints in addition to psychological and psychosocial aspects.
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