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Past Intermittency

Data Set 2: Gender Based Differences in Tinnitus Related Data Summaries

Overall Sample Number: 873

Number of patients responding to this item: 354sample subset.gif: When the sample size for the current analysis is substantially (more than 10%) smaller than the total number of patients in the database, this will appear to flag that fact.

Format of the Questionnaire Item: View Item In Context?       View Coding In Context? 
SINCE YOUR TINNITUS STARTED, HAS IT ALTERED IN REGARD TO THE PERCENT OF  
TIME HEARD?
      [] NO CHANGE    [] YES, PERCENT OF TIME HAS CHANGED    [] NOT SURE
           +-------------------------------------------------------------+
IF YES:--> | [] I NOW HEAR TINNITUS MORE OF THE TIME THAN AT FIRST       |
           | [] I NOW HEAR TINNITUS LESS OF THE TIME THAN AT FIRST       |
           +-------------------------------------------------------------+
PAST INTERMITTENCY
Males Females All
N Column % N Column % N Column %
No changes 112 45.5 53 49.1 165 46.6
Now hear tinnitus more of the time 104 42.3 43 39.8 147 41.5
Now hear tinnitus less of the time 5 2.0 1 0.9 6 1.7
Patient unsure 24 9.8 11 10.2 35 9.9
Other answer 1 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.3
Column Total* 246 100.0 108 100.0 354 100.0
* Responses to this item were not available from patients prior to May 1986, the date when this item was first added to the questionnaire.
Past Intermittency
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