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Table 3 Patient characteristics (n=1318)

From: Tinnitus assessment by means of standardized self-report questionnaires: Psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ), the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and their short versions in an international and multi-lingual sample

Age (years), median (IQR)

53.2 (44.7; 62.3)

Tinnitus duration (years), median (IQR)

5.2 (1.6; 12.2)

Sex (N, %)

  

 Male

844

(64.0%)

 Female

474

(36.0%)

Country (language) (N,%)

  

 Germany (German)

1149

(87.2%)

 Belgium (Dutch)

38

(2.9%)

 Brazil (Portuguese)

98

(7.4%)

 Argentina (Spanish)

33

(2.5%)

Laterality (N, %*)

  

 Right

391

(29.7%)

 Left

504

(38.2%)

 Both sides/inner head

401

(30.4%)

Tinnitus severity at baseline on the basis of the THI (N, %*)

  

 Slight

129

(9.8%)

 Mild

344

(26.1%)

 Moderate

361

(27.4%)

 Severe

307

(23.3%)

Catastrophic

151

(11.5%)

Etiology (N, %**)

  

 Noise trauma

238

(18.1%)

 Injury of cervical spine

174

(13.2%)

 Change of hearing

327

(24.8%)

 Stress

565

(42.9%)

 Head injury

155

(11.8%)

 Other

573

(43.4%)

Type of treatment (N, %)

  

 Pharmacological treatment

237

(18.0%)

 Transcranial direct current stimulation

33

(2.5%)

 Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation

24

(1.8%)

 Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

260

(19.7%)

 Other

37

(2.8%)

 None (only baseline)

727

(55.2%)

  1. IQR: interquartile range,
  2. * do not add up to 100% or n=1318 due to occasional missing values.
  3. ** do not add up to 100% or n=1318 due to multiple answers.