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Amount of Discomfort from Usual Tinnitus

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

Overall Sample Number: 873

Number of patients responding to this item: 273sample 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.

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HOW MUCH DISCOMFORT DO YOU USUALLY EXPERIENCE WHEN YOUR TINNITUS IS 
PRESENT?
    [] NO DISCOMFORT             [] MODERATE DISCOMFORT
    [] MILD DISCOMFORT           [] A GREAT DEAL OF DISCOMFORT
AMOUNT OF DISCOMFORT FROM USUAL TINNITUS
Males Females All
N Column % N Column % N Column %
No discomfort 24 12.4 6 7.5 30 11.0
Mild discomfort 33 17.1 10 12.5 43 15.8
Moderate discomfort 74 38.3 26 32.5 100 36.6
Great deal of discomfort 62 32.1 38 47.5 100 36.6
Column Total* 193 100.0 80 100.0 273 100.0
χ2 (3) = 2.737, p = .434
* Responses to this item were not available from patients prior to May 1986, the date when this item was first added to the questionnaire.
Amount of Discomfort from Usual Tinnitus
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