The Relevance of Interoception in Chronic Tinnitus: Analyzing Interoceptive Sensibility and Accuracy

Table 1

Demographic description and mean scores of the questionnaires of tinnitus group and control group.

	Tinnitus group (n = 20)		Control group (n = 20)		38)
	M	SD	M	SD
Age (in Years)	42.8	13.1	41.7	12.9	0.26	0.80
BMI (kg/m^2)	25.0	3.9	22.3	3.2	2.32	0.03
Physical exercise per week (hours)	3.6	2.5	3.9	2.8	−0.34	0.74
Baseline heart rate (beats per minute)	75.8	15.7	70.3	11.9	1.26	0.22
BAQ	68.75	11.67	65.60	16.37	−0.70	0.24
PBCS	11.95	3.734	11.85	4.32	−0.08	0.47
MAIA	3.00	0.39	2.91	0.54	−0.61	0.27
SOMS	59.05	10.11	58.65	11.87	−0.46	0.65
PANAS-PA	30.65	5.68	31.50	6.09	0.43	0.67
PANAS-NA	11.85	1.39	11.55	2.84	0.12	0.91
THQ	22.18	16.01	—	—
THI	23.80	13.73	—	—

BMI: Body Mass Index, BAQ: Body Awareness Questionnaire, PBCS: Private Body Consciousness Scale, MAIA: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, SOMS: Screening for Somatoform Disorders, PANAS-PA: Positive Affect Scale of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, PANAS-NA: Negative Affect Scale of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, THQ: Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire, THI: Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, .