Tinnitus-Related Distress and the Personality Characteristic Resilience
Table 1
Descriptive statistics.
Number of valid answers
Mean [SD] or %
Q1–median–Q3
Range
Female//male mean [SD] or %
Male
4606
59.1
Age
4490
58.6 [11.8]
50–59–68
18–94
57.4 [12.2]//59.5 [11.4]
Tinnitus duration >5 years
4608
84.0
81.1//87.7
Tinnitus-related distress (MTQ)
4661
10.4 [6.5]
5–10–15
0–24
10.3 [6.2]//10.5 [6.5]
Subjective tinnitus loudness (T-NRS)
4372
6.0 [2.5]
4–6–8
0–10
5.9 [2.5]//6 [2.5]
Depression (PHQ9)
4369
7.1 [5.4]
3–6–10
0–27
7.5 [5.2]//6.9 [5.5]
Anxiety (GAD7)
4546
6.0 [4.8]
3–5–8
0–21
6.4 [4.8]//5.7 [4.8]
Somatic symptom severity (PHQ15)
4131
8.4 [5.2]
4–7–11
0–32
9.4 [5.3]//7.7 [5.1]**
Resilience (RS13)
4396
66.4 [15.1]
57–69–78
13–91
65 [15.1]//67
Demographic, psychological, and tinnitus characteristics of the study sample. Gender differences were minor, except for the somatic symptom scale PHQ15 (**), in which females could reach higher scores than males (see Section 2).
