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2021, Number 4

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Otorrinolaringología 2021; 66 (4)

Comparison of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory Questionnaire before and after the use of a mobile application for 12 weeks in patients with subjective tinnitus

Betanzos-Paz JI, Kuri-García A, García-Enríquez B, González-Arciniega E

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 289-295
PDF size: 219.07 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: Tinnitus affects the quality of life of patients, being sometimes mild or catastrophic.
Objective: To determine if there is improvement in the results of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory Questionnaire after the use during 12 weeks of the mobile application Whist Tinnitus Relief.
Materials and Methods: An analytical, prospective, longitudinal and quasiexperimental study was done where patients were recruited from the Audiology and/ otológior Otorhinolaryngology services with a diagnosis of chronic subjective tinnitus. The data from the questionnaires were analyzed by means of the Student’s t test using the means of the results of the questionnaires.
Results: The questionnaire was performed on 25 patients on 2 occasions, before and after using the application Whist Tinnitus Relief. The average age was 48.2 years old, the predominant sex was female with 17 patients. We found that before sound therapy 7/25 patients had a catastrophic degree of affection and at the end of the study only 2/25 patients remained in that grade. When comparing the means of all the patients before versus after treatment using the Student’s t test, a p of 0.000006 was obtained, being statistically significant.
Conclusions: It was shown that the use of sound therapy reduces the degree of disability associated with tinnitus up to almost half of the patients who use it constantly, without the risk of increasing the degree of impairment in their quality of life.


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