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Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform

INTRODUCTION: So far, there is a gap of knowledge about factors influencing the impact of tinnitus, the need for treatment, as well as the experienced effect of regular and alternative tinnitus therapies. In this study, we analyzed the need for treatment and the outcomes of these treatments in an in...

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Autores principales: Smit, Adriana L., Vesala, Markku, Goedhart, Hazel, van Eijden, Job, Wempe, Christiaan, Stegeman, Inge
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8810819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35126287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.778450
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author Smit, Adriana L.
Vesala, Markku
Goedhart, Hazel
van Eijden, Job
Wempe, Christiaan
Stegeman, Inge
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Vesala, Markku
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description INTRODUCTION: So far, there is a gap of knowledge about factors influencing the impact of tinnitus, the need for treatment, as well as the experienced effect of regular and alternative tinnitus therapies. In this study, we analyzed the need for treatment and the outcomes of these treatments in an international patient initiated in tinnitus platform. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two surveys were undertaken at an online tinnitus patient support community (www.tinnitustalk.com). The surveys were aimed at (1) using tinnitus treatment and outcomes and (2) the factors that influence tinnitus. Univariable logistic and linear regression were used to calculate the relation between the factors and the tinnitus impact as well as the relation with the used tinnitus treatments and the outcomes. RESULTS: Of the participants to the first survey (n = 5,017), 2,914 (58.1%) used one or more tinnitus therapies, whereas others most commonly self-administered sound therapy [n = 1,562 (31.1%)] and supplements/herbal medicines [n = 1,157 (23.1 %)]. Being female [odds ratio (OR) 0.83 (95% CI 0.74–0.93, p < 0.01)], tinnitus impact, and some degrees of hearing loss and hyperacusis were all statistically significantly associated with higher odds of having tinnitus treatment. Out of the second survey (n = 6,115), it was found that patient physical and psychological factors were statistically significantly related to tinnitus impact. CONCLUSION: In this study, we demonstrated the usage and experience of (multiple) tinnitus therapy in patients. Several patient physical and psychological characteristics were found to be related to tinnitus impact and therapy usage. These outcomes might function as the next step to find a personalized treatment and to improve the tinnitus health care.
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spelling pubmed-88108192022-02-04 Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform Smit, Adriana L. Vesala, Markku Goedhart, Hazel van Eijden, Job Wempe, Christiaan Stegeman, Inge Front Neurol Neurology INTRODUCTION: So far, there is a gap of knowledge about factors influencing the impact of tinnitus, the need for treatment, as well as the experienced effect of regular and alternative tinnitus therapies. In this study, we analyzed the need for treatment and the outcomes of these treatments in an international patient initiated in tinnitus platform. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two surveys were undertaken at an online tinnitus patient support community (www.tinnitustalk.com). The surveys were aimed at (1) using tinnitus treatment and outcomes and (2) the factors that influence tinnitus. Univariable logistic and linear regression were used to calculate the relation between the factors and the tinnitus impact as well as the relation with the used tinnitus treatments and the outcomes. RESULTS: Of the participants to the first survey (n = 5,017), 2,914 (58.1%) used one or more tinnitus therapies, whereas others most commonly self-administered sound therapy [n = 1,562 (31.1%)] and supplements/herbal medicines [n = 1,157 (23.1 %)]. Being female [odds ratio (OR) 0.83 (95% CI 0.74–0.93, p < 0.01)], tinnitus impact, and some degrees of hearing loss and hyperacusis were all statistically significantly associated with higher odds of having tinnitus treatment. Out of the second survey (n = 6,115), it was found that patient physical and psychological factors were statistically significantly related to tinnitus impact. CONCLUSION: In this study, we demonstrated the usage and experience of (multiple) tinnitus therapy in patients. Several patient physical and psychological characteristics were found to be related to tinnitus impact and therapy usage. These outcomes might function as the next step to find a personalized treatment and to improve the tinnitus health care. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8810819/ /pubmed/35126287 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.778450 Text en Copyright © 2022 Smit, Vesala, Goedhart, Eijden, Wempe and Stegeman. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neurology
Smit, Adriana L.
Vesala, Markku
Goedhart, Hazel
van Eijden, Job
Wempe, Christiaan
Stegeman, Inge
Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform
title Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform
title_full Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform
title_fullStr Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform
title_full_unstemmed Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform
title_short Tinnitus: Characteristics, Need for Therapy, and Therapeutic Outcomes; Results of an International Patient Initiated Platform
title_sort tinnitus: characteristics, need for therapy, and therapeutic outcomes; results of an international patient initiated platform
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8810819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35126287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.778450
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