Tinnitus among Cambodian refugees: relationship to PTSD severity.
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.
Hinton
Devon E
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Southeast Asian Clinic, Arbour Counseling Services, Lowell, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA. devon_hinton@hms.harvard.edu
Chhean
Dara
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Pich
Vuth
V
Hofmann
Stefan G
SG
Barlow
David H
DH
D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000523:psychology*