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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of tinnitus is reported to be high in older Western populations, and several risk factors have been suggested. However, community-based evidence on prevalence is limited and, to our knowledge, there is no such information from older non-Western populations. The purpose of...

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Autores principales: Michikawa, Takehiro, Nishiwaki, Yuji, Kikuchi, Yuriko, Saito, Hideyuki, Mizutari, Kunio, Okamoto, Michiko, Takebayashi, Toru
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Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20501961
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090121
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author Michikawa, Takehiro
Nishiwaki, Yuji
Kikuchi, Yuriko
Saito, Hideyuki
Mizutari, Kunio
Okamoto, Michiko
Takebayashi, Toru
author_facet Michikawa, Takehiro
Nishiwaki, Yuji
Kikuchi, Yuriko
Saito, Hideyuki
Mizutari, Kunio
Okamoto, Michiko
Takebayashi, Toru
author_sort Michikawa, Takehiro
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description BACKGROUND: The prevalence of tinnitus is reported to be high in older Western populations, and several risk factors have been suggested. However, community-based evidence on prevalence is limited and, to our knowledge, there is no such information from older non-Western populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with tinnitus in community-dwelling Japanese elders. METHODS: In this community-based cross-sectional study, 1320 residents of Kurabuchi Town aged 65 years or older (584 men and 736 women; participation proportion = 98.7%) were interviewed at home in 2006, and information on tinnitus and factors associated with tinnitus was collected. We estimated the prevalence of tinnitus by age group and sex and used a logistic regression model to investigate associated factors. RESULTS: The prevalence of tinnitus was 18.6% (men: 18.0%; women: 19.0%); there were no statistically significant differences by age group or sex. Hearing difficulty, depressive mood, prescribed medication, past/current history of coronary heart disease, and knee joint pain requiring medical consultation were associated with tinnitus. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that tinnitus is common in Japanese aged over 65 years. Because the factors associated with tinnitus in this cross-sectional study are potentially modifiable, they should be thoroughly investigated in a longitudinal study.
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spelling pubmed-39007862014-02-07 Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders Michikawa, Takehiro Nishiwaki, Yuji Kikuchi, Yuriko Saito, Hideyuki Mizutari, Kunio Okamoto, Michiko Takebayashi, Toru J Epidemiol Original Article BACKGROUND: The prevalence of tinnitus is reported to be high in older Western populations, and several risk factors have been suggested. However, community-based evidence on prevalence is limited and, to our knowledge, there is no such information from older non-Western populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with tinnitus in community-dwelling Japanese elders. METHODS: In this community-based cross-sectional study, 1320 residents of Kurabuchi Town aged 65 years or older (584 men and 736 women; participation proportion = 98.7%) were interviewed at home in 2006, and information on tinnitus and factors associated with tinnitus was collected. We estimated the prevalence of tinnitus by age group and sex and used a logistic regression model to investigate associated factors. RESULTS: The prevalence of tinnitus was 18.6% (men: 18.0%; women: 19.0%); there were no statistically significant differences by age group or sex. Hearing difficulty, depressive mood, prescribed medication, past/current history of coronary heart disease, and knee joint pain requiring medical consultation were associated with tinnitus. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that tinnitus is common in Japanese aged over 65 years. Because the factors associated with tinnitus in this cross-sectional study are potentially modifiable, they should be thoroughly investigated in a longitudinal study. Japan Epidemiological Association 2010-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3900786/ /pubmed/20501961 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090121 Text en © 2010 Japan Epidemiological Association. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Michikawa, Takehiro
Nishiwaki, Yuji
Kikuchi, Yuriko
Saito, Hideyuki
Mizutari, Kunio
Okamoto, Michiko
Takebayashi, Toru
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders
title Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders
title_full Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders
title_fullStr Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders
title_short Prevalence and Factors Associated with Tinnitus: A Community-Based Study of Japanese Elders
title_sort prevalence and factors associated with tinnitus: a community-based study of japanese elders
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20501961
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090121
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