Trial reportEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2025
Effectiveness of lifestyle-modification approach (a randomized-controlled program of diet restriction and treadmill walking exercise) on elderly's metabolic syndrome-associated subjective tinnitus.
Trial report in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06702085 (Effects of Lifestyle Changes on Tinnitus in Older Adults With Metabolic Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Effects of Lifestyle Changes on Tinnitus in Older Adults With Metabolic Syndrome
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- Changes in hemoglobin levels and cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome - a secondary outcome analysis of a six-month randomized controlled trial.Annals of medicine · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of strenghtning oropharyngeal myofunctional therapy combined with cervical spine exercises in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Trial
- Tinnitus in urban settings: insights into lifestyle and medical factors from the Hamburg City Health Study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Nutritional Strategies and Dietary Patterns in Ménière's Disease and Tinnitus: A Scoping Review of the Available Evidence.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Associations of Dietary Factors, Body Mass Index, and Physical Activity with Tinnitus: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Methodological considerations for lifestyle interventions in metabolic syndrome-associated tinnitus: the need for attention-matched controls and personalized exercise prescriptions.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Serum uric acid-to-HDL-C ratio as an independent predictor of metabolic syndrome in the elderly: diagnostic model optimization and inflammatory mechanism insights.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Response to the letter to editor regarding "Effectiveness of lifestyle-modification approach on elderly metabolic syndrome-associated subjective tinnitus''.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Comment on "Effectiveness of lifestyle-modification approach (A randomized-controlled program of diet restriction and treadmill walking exercise) on elderly's metabolic syndrome-associated subjective tinnitus".European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Gender based disparities in thyroid dysfunction among the elderly: elevated prevalence in women.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
introductionChronic subjective tinnitus complaint (CSTC) is highly prevalent in metabolic syndrome (MS) elderly. In 60 obese MS elderly with CSTC, studying the response of CSTC-related discomfort, MS components, and CSTC severity to lifestyle-modification approach was the aim of this study.
methodsIn this randomized/controlled lifestyle-modification trial, the recruitment of 60 obese MS elderly with CSTC from a local general hospital was randomly executed. The recruited elderly with MS and CSTC were randomly assigned to a study group (performed lifestyle-modification approach and the components of this 12-week approach were on-electrical treadmill walking plus diet restriction) or waitlist/control group (n = 30). Besides MS components/variables such as elderly's waist circumference (WC), elderly's fasting glucose in serum (FGIS), elderly's triglycerides (TriGly), elderly's blood pressure, and elderly's high-density lipoprotein (HDLipo), lifestyle-modification approach's outcomes of this trial were elderly's body mass index, visual analogue scale (VAS) of CSTC-related discomfort, tinnitus handicap inventory (THI), and VAS of CSTC severity.
resultsTracking all outcomes of this lifestyle-modification approach in the study group (n = 30 MS elderly with CSTC) showed significant improvements while the control group's outcome did not improve.
conclusionBMI, VAS of CSTC severity, components of MS (WC, FGIS, blood pressure, TriGly, and HDLipo), THI, and VAS of CSTC-related discomfort could be improved after involving obese MS elderly with CSTS in a 12-week lifestyle-modification approach. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT06702085.
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