Journal of Traumatic Stress
Volume 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-546

Tinnitus among Cambodian refugees: Relationship to PTSD severity (Article)

Hinton D.E.* , Chhean D. , Pich V. , Hofmann S.G. , Barlow D.H.
  • a Southeast Asian Clinic, Arbour Counseling Services, Lowell, MA, United States, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, WACC 812, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States
  • b Southeast Asian Clinic, Arbour Counseling Services, Lowell, MA, United States
  • c Southeast Asian Clinic, Arbour Counseling Services, Lowell, MA, United States
  • d Center for Anxiety Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
  • e Center for Anxiety Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Consecutive Cambodian refugees attending a psychiatric clinic were assessed for the presence and severity of current tinnitus (i.e., at least one episode in the last month). Fifty percent (52/104) of surveyed patients had tinnitus. Among the tinnitus patients, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates were significantly more elevated than among nontinnitus patients (OR = 13.5; 95% CI = 5.8 to 39.4), as were Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) scores. In a hierarchical regression among tinnitus patients (n = 52), tinnitus-related trauma associations and catastrophic cognitions accounted for variability in CAPS severity beyond a measure of tinnitus severity. Among tinnitus patients, tinnitus-related trauma associations and catastrophic cognitions mediated the effect of tinnitus severity on CAPS severity. © 2006 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

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Index Keywords

hospitalization refugee regression analysis psychological aspect demography Cambodia Massachusetts human middle aged controlled study ethnology tinnitus Cross-Sectional Studies mental disease United States cross-sectional study Humans Severity of Illness Index male female cognition Article major clinical study posttraumatic stress disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic disease severity Case-Control Studies case control study Somatoform Disorders somatoform disorder health survey
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33847307278&doi=10.1002%2fjts.20138&partnerID=40&md5=b22af8b08f6abc90fc82a8902f556253
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20138
ISSN: 08949867
Cited by: 57
Original Language: English