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dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.contributor.authorBasso, Laura
dc.contributor.authorBoecking, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorBrueggemann, Petra
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Nancy L.
dc.contributor.authorCanlon, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorCederroth, Christopher R.
dc.contributor.authorMazurek, Birgit
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-30T07:49:13Z
dc.date.available2021-04-30T07:49:13Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1662-4548
dc.identifier.urihttp://genderopen.de/25595/1152
dc.description.abstractObjective This study aims to identify gender-specific risk factors associated with the presence of bothersome tinnitus (compared with non-bothersome tinnitus), including sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, tinnitus-associated phenomena (hearing loss, traumatic experiences, sleep disturbances), and physical as well as mental comorbidities. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using survey data from the Swedish LifeGene cohort containing information on self-reported tinnitus (N = 7615). We (1) analyzed risk factor and comorbidity frequencies, (2) computed multivariate logistic regression models to identify predictors of bothersome tinnitus within both genders, and (3) moderated logistic regression models to compare effects between genders. Results (1) The majority of factors that differed in frequencies between bothersome and non-bothersome tinnitus were equal for both genders. Women with bothersome tinnitus specifically reported higher rates of cardiovascular disease, thyroid disease, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and burnout, and men with bothersome tinnitus reported higher rates of alcohol consumption, Ménière's disease, anxiety syndrome, and panic (compared with non-bothersome tinnitus, respectively). (2) Across both genders, multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed significant associations between bothersome tinnitus and age, reduced hearing ability, hearing-related difficulties in social situations, and reduced sleep quality. In women, bothersome tinnitus was specifically associated with cardiovascular disease and epilepsy; in men, with lower education levels and anxiety syndrome. (3) Moderated logistic regression analyses revealed that the effects of low education and anxiety syndrome were present in men, but not in women, whereas the effects of age, reduced hearing ability and related difficulties, cardiovascular disease, epilepsy, and burnout were not gender specific. Conclusion Irrespective of gender, bothersome tinnitus is associated with higher age, reduced hearing ability, hearing-related difficulties, cardiovascular disease, epilepsy, and burnout. Gender-specific effects comprise low levels of education and the presence of anxiety syndrome for men. These findings need to be interpreted with caution, yet they suggest the presence of gender-specific biopsychosocial influences in the emergence or maintenance of bothersome tinnitus. Future studies ought to investigate the underlying mechanisms of the observed relationships.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subjectGesundheit
dc.subjectKrankheit
dc.subjectMedizin
dc.subject.ddc614 Inzidenz und Prävention von Krankheiten
dc.subject.otherTinnitus
dc.subject.otherGender Difference
dc.subject.otherRisk Factors
dc.subject.otherCardiovascular Disease
dc.subject.otherEpilepsy
dc.subject.otherBurnout
dc.subject.otherAnxiety
dc.subject.otherEducation
dc.titleGender-Specific Risk Factors and Comorbidities of Bothersome Tinnitus
dc.typearticle
dc.source.pageinfo1–15
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.source.journalFrontiers in neuroscience
dc.source.volume14
local.typeZeitschriftenaufsatz
dc.identifier.pi10.3389/fnins.2020.00706


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