title: [The correlations between varying tinnitus severity and anxiety and depression in non-acute tinnitus patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the correlation betwen varying degrees of non-acute tinnitus and anxiety and depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-seven outpatients with non-acute tinnitus as their in chief complaint were submitted to Tinnitus Handicap Inventory(THI), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS), and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  THI and its three subscales were found to have significant correlations with SAS and SDS. The group (THI ≥ 38) had more anxiety and depression than the mild (THI < 38). Significant correlations were also observed between THI, SAS and SDS in the group with THI ≥ 38, in contrast with the group of THI < 38.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with THI ≥ 38 suffered from severe anxiety and depression than the mild. Doctors should pay more attention to these patients, especially their psychological disorders.
authors.forename: Danping
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaoqian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Runmei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Peina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications*; D003863:Depression; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*