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Table 7 Known group differences with regard to Tinnitus severity at final visit

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

Tinnitus severity at final visit

Not a problem

A small problem

A moderate problem

A big problem

A very big problem

Correlation (Spearman)

Questionnaire

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

n

r

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

r

THI

           

- total

6

1.3 (1.6)

43

19.9 (16.4)

125

34.7 (18.8)

82

54.6 (18.0)

18

67.3 (19.5)

0.65**

- German

1

0.0 (−)

16

19.4 (14.2)

79

37.0 (19.2)

64

55.0 (17.5)

14

68.3 (19.1)

0.60**

- Dutch

0

-

0

-

6

30.3 (11.8)

6

55.3 (8.8)

2

82.0 (14.1)

0.92**

- Portuguese

5

1.6 (1.7)

27

20.2 (17.8)

27

27.2 (15.2)

9

53.1 (26.4)

2

46.0 (11.3)

0.57**

- Spanish

0

-

0

-

13

38.2 (22.8)

3

50.0 (21.1)

0

-

0.21

TBF12

           

- total

5

0.2 (0.4)

41

6.6 (5.2)

123

9.4 (4.6)

79

14.6 (4.4)

18

18.8 (3.7)

0.62**

- German

1

0.0 (−)

15

7.2 (3.6)

81

10.5 (4.2)

64

15.1 (4.2)

14

18.7 (3.9)

0.61**

- Dutch

0

-

0

-

6

7.7 (5.7)

6

13.2 (2.0)

2

21.5 (2.1)

0.75**

- Portuguese

4

0.3 (0.5)

26

6.3 (6.0)

25

6.6 (4.6)

7

12.9 (4.7)

2

16.5 (0.7)

0.45**

- Spanish

0

-

0

-

11

8.6 (4.3)

2

6.0 (1.4)

0

-

−0.23

TQ

           

- German

3

13.0 (13.5)

36

21.0 (13.6)

105

33.4 (14.3)

84

50.9 (12.5)

20

60.9 (15.7)

0.67**

Mini-TQ

           

- German

3

3.3 (4.2)

35

5.4 (3.7)

105

9.1 (4.1)

83

13.7 (3.2)

20

16.1 (3.6)

0.67**

TQ 12

           

- German

3

4.3 (5.1)

34

6.6 (4.5)

105

10.8 (4.8)

82

15.9 (3.7)

20

18.7 (4.7)

0.65**

  1. * p<0.05; **p<0.001.