Authors: Weber, Judith Hanna1; Jagsch, Reinhold2; Hallas, Barbara3
Source: Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Volume 54, Number 3, August 2008 , pp. 227-240(14)
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Abstract:
Objective: This study examines the relationship between personality characteristics, depression symptoms, demographic profile, and the amount of the tinnitus-related distress experienced.Method: 121 patients suffering from tinnitus were examined by unique testing in a tinnitus-practice via three questionnaires over a period of 22 months.Results: A relationship between the severity of tinnitus-related distress and demographic profile as well as a relationship between depression symptoms and the severity of the tinnitus-related distress could be shown. Also, significant results were observed within the personality range in the areas of "impulsiveness," "aggressiveness," "demands," "physical discomfort," "health worries," und "emotionality."Discussion: Patients suffering severely from tinnitus represent a clinically relevant group for psychotherapeutic treatment. Especially persons with comorbid symptoms of depression should be screened regularly and offered additional psychotherapeutic or psychiatric treatment.Keywords: TINNITUS; TINNITUS QUESTIONNAIRE (TF); DEPRESSION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY (BDI); PERSONALITY; FREIBURGER PERSONALITY INVENTORY (FPI-R)
Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: 1: Evangelisches Krankenhaus Wien 2: Institut für Klinische, Biologische und Differentielle Psychologie der Universität Wien 3: Klinisch-psychologische und psychotherapeutische Praxis, Wien
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