Validation of PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) as a novel visual assessment tool for the burden of suffering in tinnitus patients

Table 5 Multiple comparisons of the clinical characteristics in the three PRISM groups using ANOVA

	Mean differences of the PRISM groups			F (2,185)	Sig.
	Group 1/Group 2	Group 1/Group 3	Group 2/Group 3	F (2,185)	Sig.
SIS (mm)	−35.4***	−157.1***	−121.7***	256.52	0.000
THI	17.70**	34.33***	16.63***	32.43	0.000
TQ	15.53***	28.97***	13.44***	42.58	0.000
BDI	4.49**	7.92***	3.43**	17.39	0.000
WHOQOL-BREF global	−9.75	−20.26***	−10.51**	12.32	0.000
WHOQOL-BREF psych.	−7.85	−17.45***	−9.60***	17.79	0.000

PRISM Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure, PRISM group 1 tinnitus-circle inside self-circle, PRISM group 2 tinnitus-circle overlapping self-circle, PRISM group 3 tinnitus-circle outside self-circle, SIS Self-Illness-Separation, THI Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, TQ Tinnitus Questionnaire, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, WHOQOL-BREF global WHO Quality of Life - BREF global score, WHOQOL-BREF psych WHO Quality of Life - BREF psychological sub score
**p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001; Bonferroni-corrected threshold for significance: 0.0027

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