2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992009000100012
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Análise da correlação entre a escala visual-análoga e o Tinnitus Handicap Inventory na avaliação de pacientes com zumbido

Abstract: One of the most challenging topics in tinnitus clinicalstudies is the measuring method used. Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) are frequently used in tinnitus. Aim: To verify the relationship between VAS and THI scores in tinnitus patients in a prospective study. Materials and methods: 43 patients classified their tinnitus according to VAS and THI, and both scores were compared through the Spearman's correlation coefficient test. Results: There was a correlation between the VAS… Show more

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“…To assess the tinnitus was used the Brazilian THI (6). After completed, the points were summed, classifying the tinnitus in degrees: slight, mild, moderate, severe and catastrophic (16).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To assess the tinnitus was used the Brazilian THI (6). After completed, the points were summed, classifying the tinnitus in degrees: slight, mild, moderate, severe and catastrophic (16).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…THI is considered a more comprehensive evaluation method, especially with regard to the psychological and everyday characteristics of tinnitus (20).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The average age of the group was 66 years. The minimum age was 50 years and maximum of 83 years, according to the literature, which describes that the occurrence of tinnitus is greater from the age of 50, although there is the incidence of age variability (6,7,8,22) . There is therefore an increasing trend in discomfort with increasing age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is also associated with hearing loss, and 78% to 90% of patients with tinnitus have changes in audiometric thresholds (7) . The questionnaire called the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) evaluates the emotional, functional and catastrophic tinnitus aspects and has been broadly used in the clinical setting to assess patients with this symptom for the quantification of nuisance and analysis of responses to proposed treatments (8) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%