The Magnitude and Determinants of Tinnitus among Health Science Students at King Khalid University

Table 2

Distribution of students’ tinnitus status according to their biodemographic data.

Students’ biodemographic data		Tinnitus
		Negative		Positive
		No.	%	No.	%
Age in years	20−	145	77.5	42	22.5	0.003
	23−	127	69.0	57	31.0
	25+	14	48.3	15	51.7
Gender	Male	141	66.2	72	33.8	0.012
	Female	145	77.5	42	22.5
Smoking	Yes	24	77.4	7	22.6	0.447
	No	262	71.0	107	29.0
Regular medications intake	No	253	73.1	93	26.9	0.069
	Yes	33	61.1	21	38.9
Have any allergy	No	232	75.8	74	24.2	0.001
	Yes	54	57.4	40	42.6
Illness, do you have or have you had?	None	267	74.2	93	25.8	0.001
	Cardiac disorder	3	42.9	4	57.1
	Head injury	1	9.1	10	90.9
	DM	2	50.0	2	50.0
	Others	13	72.2	5	27.8
Have hearing problem?	Yes	16	50.0	16	50.0	0.005
	No	270	73.4	98	26.6
In which ear do you have problems with your hearing?	Right	5	41.7	7	58.3	0.607
	Left	4	66.7	2	33.3
	Both	7	50.0	7	50.0
Age of ear problem	Before age of 20 years	9	69.2	4	30.8	0.072
	After age of 20 years	7	36.8	12	63.2
Onset of the hearing problem	Gradual	9	60.0	6	40.0	0.102
	Sudden	6	60.0	4	40.0
	Fluctuating	1	14.3	6	85.7
History of ear infection	Yes	22	51.2	21	48.8	0.007
	No	212	73.4	77	26.6
	Don’t know	52	76.5	16	23.5
Ever had 3 or more ear infections	Yes	9	52.9	8	47.1	0.982
	No	12	50.0	12	50.0
	Don’t know	1	50.0	1	50.0
Received successful treatment for ear infection	Yes	4	36.4	7	63.6	0.064
	No	5	83.3	1	16.7
History of ear surgery	Yes	8	66.7	4	33.3	0.706
	No	278	71.6	110	28.4
If yes, side of surgery	Right	2	100.0	0	0.0	0.519
	Left	1	50.0	1	50.0
	Bilateral	5	62.5	3	37.5

(significant).