title: [Clinical characteristics of tinnitus complaint: an analysis of 453 patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical characteristics of tinnitus complaint.
  
  
  METHODS
  The information of 628 patients with subjective tinnitus was collected using questionnaires from October, 2013 to June, 2014. Among them, 453 cases were included in this study, whose quality of life and sleep were significantly affected. Then we elucidated the features of tinnitus, tinnitus incentives and systemic diseases and analyzed their relationship.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportion of the patients complaint was highest in gruop ≤ 30 y. The patients with tinnitus complaint were more likely to have persistent tinnitus with higher loudness VAS scores than their counterparts. 65.4% of the total patients had at least one treatment (52.2% of patients can tolerate, and only 13. 2% can not tolerate). More patients had cranial Ming on the left than on the right ear. The proportion of patients with polyphony in bilateral tinnitus was higher than those with unilateral tinnitus (P < 0.05). Moreover, 59% patients had tinnitus inducing factors, and 44% patients had systemic comorbidities (The three most frequently involved systems were otolaryngologic, cardiovascular and digestive system). There was no significantly statistical difference of the tinnitus severity between patients with other systematic diseases and those without.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with tinnitus complaint were younger in age (≤ 30 y) and more likely to have persistent tinnitus with higher loudness VAS scores Predisposing factors are closely associated with mental or physical trauma. The accompanied diseases can be classified by organ system.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Pengcheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Youli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yanfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Pingxiang
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*