The Frequency of Health Anxiety, Coronavirus Anxiety and Anxiety Disorder in Patients With Tinnitus During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impact of Pandemic on Tinnitus

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q2 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Clinical Otolaryngology Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI:10.1111/coa.14196

Süleyman Korkut, Mustafa Altıntaş

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Abstract

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the frequency of anxiety disorder, coronavirus anxiety and health anxiety in tinnitus patients during the pandemic and also, determined the psychophysiological impact of COVID-19 on tinnitus.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary central pandemic hospital from 15 July 2021 to 15 December 2022. In total, 124 patients with tinnitus and 77 healthy controls participated in the study. The sociodemographic data, a set of valid and reliable assessment instruments were used to measure outcomes of anxiety disorder, coronavirus anxiety, health anxiety and severity of tinnitus.

Results

Patients with tinnitus were found to experience higher levels of coronavirus anxiety, health anxiety and anxiety disorder than controls (p < 0.05). In tinnitus patients, the frequency of coronavirus anxiety was 22.6% and anxiety disorder was 18.5%. Notably, the levels of tinnitus severity were moderate to severe in more than half of the patients (51.6%) and also most of them (81.3%) reported that the severity of tinnitus during the pandemic was higher compared with the pre-pandemic.

Conclusion

Tinnitus patients had high levels of anxiety disorder, coronavirus anxiety and health anxiety. In line with these findings, it was evaluated that there was a relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic with psychological problems and tinnitus. Therefore, the predominance of tinnitus symptoms at presentation should not lead the clinician to neglect the underlying psychopathological problems in these patients.

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COVID-19 大流行期间耳鸣患者的健康焦虑、冠状病毒焦虑和焦虑症频率以及大流行对耳鸣的影响。

研究目的本研究旨在探讨大流行期间耳鸣患者的焦虑症、冠状病毒焦虑和健康焦虑的频率，并确定 COVID-19 对耳鸣的心理生理影响：这项横断面研究于 2021 年 7 月 15 日至 2022 年 12 月 15 日在一家三级中心流行病医院进行。共有 124 名耳鸣患者和 77 名健康对照者参加了研究。研究采用了社会人口学数据、一套有效可靠的评估工具来测量焦虑症、冠状病毒焦虑、健康焦虑和耳鸣严重程度等结果：结果：与对照组相比，耳鸣患者的冠状病毒焦虑、健康焦虑和焦虑症水平较高（p 结论：耳鸣患者的冠状病毒焦虑、健康焦虑和焦虑症水平较高：耳鸣患者的焦虑症、冠状病毒焦虑和健康焦虑程度较高。根据这些研究结果，评估认为 COVID-19 大流行与心理问题和耳鸣之间存在关系。因此，临床医生不应因患者发病时以耳鸣症状为主而忽视其潜在的心理病理问题。

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Clinical Otolaryngology 医学-耳鼻喉科学

CiteScore

4.00

自引率

4.80%

发文量

106

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Clinical Otolaryngology is a bimonthly journal devoted to clinically-oriented research papers of the highest scientific standards dealing with: current otorhinolaryngological practice audiology, otology, balance, rhinology, larynx, voice and paediatric ORL head and neck oncology head and neck plastic and reconstructive surgery continuing medical education and ORL training The emphasis is on high quality new work in the clinical field and on fresh, original research. Each issue begins with an editorial expressing the personal opinions of an individual with a particular knowledge of a chosen subject. The main body of each issue is then devoted to original papers carrying important results for those working in the field. In addition, topical review articles are published discussing a particular subject in depth, including not only the opinions of the author but also any controversies surrounding the subject. • Negative/null results In order for research to advance, negative results, which often make a valuable contribution to the field, should be published. However, articles containing negative or null results are frequently not considered for publication or rejected by journals. We welcome papers of this kind, where appropriate and valid power calculations are included that give confidence that a negative result can be relied upon.