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ArticleBrain and behavior2021

The evaluation of global cognitive and emotional status of older patients with chronic tinnitus.

Anna Rita Fetoni, Tiziana Di Cesare, Stefano Settimi, Bruno Sergi, Giorgia Rossi, Rita Malesci, Camillo Marra, Gaetano Paludetti, Eugenio De Corso

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna Rita FetoniInstitute of Otolaryngology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6955-7603
Tiziana Di CesareUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Stefano SettimiUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Bruno SergiInstitute of Otolaryngology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Giorgia RossiUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Rita MalesciAudiology and Vestibology Unit, Neuroscience Department, Federico II University Naples, Naples, Italy.
Camillo MarraUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Gaetano PaludettiInstitute of Otolaryngology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Eugenio De CorsoInstitute of Otolaryngology, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITFederico II University Hospital · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTinnitus is a common symptom largely impactful on quality of life, especially in the elderly. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of self-administered screening tests to correlate the severity of subjective perception of tinnitus with emotional disorders and the overall cognitive status.

methodsPatients aged ≥ 55 years with chronic tinnitus were recruited and submitted to a complete audiological evaluation; Tinnitus Handicap inventory (THI); Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A and HADS-D) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Demographic and audiological features of patients with and without cognitive impairment (MMSE score cut-off of 24/30) were analyzed in order to reveal the relationship among tinnitus, emotional disorders, and cognitive dysfunction.

results102 patients were recruited (mean age: 70.4 ± 9.6). THI score was directly related to HADS-A score (r = .63) HADS-D score (r = .66), whereas there was no relationship between tinnitus severity and MMSE (r = .13). CI and n-CI groups did not differ in the characteristics of tinnitus (p > .05), however, hearing threshold (p = .049) and anxious depressive traits measured with HADS-A (p = .044) and HADS-D (p = .016) were significantly higher in the group with cognitive impairment. Furthermore, age ≥ 75 years (p = .002, OR = 13.8), female sex (p = .032; OR = 6.5), severe hearing loss (p = .036; OR = 2.3), and anxiety (p = .029; OR = 9.2) resulted risk factors for CI. Therefore, in CI group MMSE score was inversely related to age (r = -.84).

conclusionsCognitive impairment and psychiatric discomfort should be considered in tinnitus patients, related to increasing age, female sex, and severe hearing loss. Thus, self-administered questionnaires can be useful in addressing clinical approach.

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TinnitusAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyAnxiety DisordersCognitionFemaleHumansMiddle AgedQuality of Lifecognitive impairmentolder patientspsychiatric disorderstinnitus

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