title: The relationship between treatment of mental disorder and chronic tinnitus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Comorbidity of chronic tinnitus and mental disorders may result in more disability.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This research provides an evaluation about the effects of medically treated comorbid mental disorder on chronic tinnitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-five patients diagnosed with chronic tinnitus and mental disorders were randomly requited by producing a before-after design. They underwent three months of drug therapy for comorbid mental disorders by psychiatrists. Study instruments are Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, Tinnitus Questionnaire, Loudness Match Tinnitus, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory, The Structured Clinical Interview and Symptom Check List -90.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three months medical treatment puts forward the argument that among mental disorders, anxiety and major depressive disorder demonstrate a significant reduction. Pearson Correlation coefficient ostensibly reveals that there is no significant relationship between mental disorders and tinnitus severity. The statistics lend support to profound effect of major depressive disorder as a key factor on tinnitus disability exacerbation. Medical treatment also touches on issue such as tinnitus severity, its disabling effects and TQ subscales that statistics shows significant trends in their reduction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings lay emphasis on tinnitus severity reduction and connection might be established between alleviated mental disorders comorbidity and the improvement of quality of life.
authors: Seyed Kazem
authors: SK
authors: Malakouti
authors: Saeid
authors: S
authors: Mahmoudian
authors: Jafar
authors: J
authors: Filli
authors: Marzieh
authors: M
authors: Nojomi
authors: Mahshid
authors: M
authors: Rabetian
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology