Research Article
Effects of Educational Counseling as Solitary Therapy for Chronic Primary Tinnitus and Related Problems
Table 3
Short- and long-term changes in tinnitus indicated by TEQ (
= 102).
| Item | Time point | Tinnitus characteristic | P | None | Quiet conditions | Normal conditions | Noisy conditions |
| Tinnitus loudness | First contact | 0 | 29 | 42 | 31 | 0.098 | | Last contact | 0 | 40 | 43 | 19 | | | Follow-up | 5 | 60 | 22 | 15 | 0.001 | | | Interval > duration | Interval ≈ duration | Duration > interval | Continuity | |
| Tinnitus continuance | First contact | 0 | 2 | 4 | 96 | 0.072 | | Last contact | 0 | 7 | 9 | 86 | | | Follow-up | 5 | 9 | 8 | 80 | 0.137 | | | None | Sometimes | Often | Always | |
| Impact on sleep | First contact | 37 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 0.001 | | Last contact | 58 | 27 | 8 | 9 | | | Follow-up | 78 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0.026 |
| Impact on concentration | First contact | 59 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0.005 | | Last contact | 82 | 15 | 5 | 0 | | | Follow-up | 96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.012 |
| Impact on emotion | First contact | 4 | 58 | 33 | 7 | <0.001 | | Last contact | 17 | 70 | 14 | 1 | | | Follow-up | 64 | 35 | 2 | 1 | <0.001 |
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First contact versus last contact; last contact versus follow-up. |