Emotional disturbance in hearing clinic patients.
A group of outpatients scheduled for hearing evaluation were screened for psychiatric morbidity using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30). There was an association between objective hearing loss and elevated GHQ-30 score. An association was also found between the presence of tinnitus and vestibular symptoms and elevated GHQ-30 score.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology*; D004244:Dizziness / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000523:psychology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000523:psychology