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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 116 | Page : 55--64 |
Personality Traits and Tinnitus Distress: Results Based on Patients with Tinnitus in China
Min Qi1, Shuqi Zhang1, Lingwei Li1, Zhenzhi Li2, Gendi Yin3, Lianxiong Yuan4, Bixing Fang5, Jing Gu3, Xinyi Wang3, Xiangli Zeng3, Zhicheng Li3
1 Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2 Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou; Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Guangzhou Xinhua University, Guangzhou; Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, the Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
3 Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
4 Research Service Office, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
5 Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou; Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Correspondence Address:
Xiangli Zeng
No. 600, Tianhe Road, Guangzhou 510630
China
Zhicheng Li
No. 600, Tianhe Road, Guangzhou 510630
China
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DOI: 10.4103/nah.nah_68_22
Background: Due to the socio-cultural differences between China and other countries, which may affect the development of an individual’s personality and behavior, it is necessary to explore the relationship between personality traits and tinnitus distress in the context of China’s socio-cultural background. Methods: The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Short Scale Chinese version were used to explore the influence of personality traits on tinnitus distress in Chinese patients with tinnitus. Results: The results were not entirely consistent with previous studies from other countries. First, extroversion was significantly higher in patients with bothersome tinnitus, both in acute and chronic conditions. Second, the personality traits that affected the patients with bothersome tinnitus were different in different conditions. Finally, the tridimensional personality structure, high psychoticism / normal extroversion / normal neuroticism, was significantly higher in people with bothersome tinnitus. Furthermore, the difference became more obvious with a prolonged disease course. Conclusions: This study suggested that the relationship between personality traits and tinnitus distress in Chinese patients with tinnitus was not the same as in other countries. “High psychoticism / normal extroversion / normal neuroticism” may be a risk factor for chronic bothersome tinnitus in China.
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