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Associations of Earphone Use with Tinnitus and Anxiety/Depression
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the association of earphone use with audiologic and psychologic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010–2012 data were collected for participants aged ≥12 years old with earphone use ≥1 hour/day. They were...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34975126 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.NAH_48_20 |
Sumario: | OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the association of earphone use with audiologic and psychologic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010–2012 data were collected for participants aged ≥12 years old with earphone use ≥1 hour/day. They were matched to a control group for age, sex, income, and education level. The relationship between earphone use and the hearing thresholds of pure-tone audiometry, tinnitus, and psychologic factors such as depression and anxiety, and other quality of life variables was analyzed using multiple logistic regression tests with complex sampling. RESULTS: Among the participants, 22.9% (449/1955) of earphone users and 18.1% (355/1600) of control participants had tinnitus (P < 0.001). Earphone users showed 1.27-times higher odds for tinnitus (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.09–1.50, P = 0.003). Moreover, 6.5% (128/1955) of earphone users and 5.0% (97/1600) of control participants had anxiety and depressive symptoms (P = 0.033). Earphone users showed 1.32-times higher odds for anxiety and depressive symptoms (95% CI = 1.14–1.52, P = 0.040). Nevertheless, the hearing thresholds were comparable between earphone users and control participants. CONCLUSION: Earphone use was associated with tinnitus and anxiety or depressive symptoms. |
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