Schecklmann, Martin and Pregler, Maximilian and Kreuzer, Peter M. and Poeppl, Timm B. and Lehner, Astrid and Croenlein, Tatjana and Wetter, Thomas C. and Frank, Elmar and Landgrebe, Michael and Langguth, Berthold (2015) Psychophysiological Associations between Chronic Tinnitus and Sleep: A Cross Validation of Tinnitus and Insomnia Questionnaires. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL: 461090. ISSN 2314-6133, 2314-6141
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Background. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of insomnia in chronic tinnitus and the association of tinnitus distress and sleep disturbance. Methods. We retrospectively analysed data of 182 patients with chronic tinnitus who completed the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ) and the Regensburg Insomnia Scale (RIS). Descriptive comparisons with the validation sample of the RIS including exclusively patients with primary/psychophysiological insomnia, correlation analyses of the RIS with TQ scales, and principal component analyses (PCA) in the tinnitus sample were performed. TQ total score was corrected for the TQ sleep items. Results. Prevalence of insomnia was high in tinnitus patients (76%) and tinnitus distress correlated with sleep disturbance (r = 0.558). TQ sleep subscore correlated with the RIS sum score (r = 0.690). PCA with all TQ and RIS items showed one sleep factor consisting of all RIS and the TQ sleep items. PCA with only TQ sleep and RIS items showed sleep- and tinnitus-specific factors. The sleep factors (only RIS items) were sleep depth and fearful focusing. The TQ sleep items represented tinnitus-related sleep problems. Discussion. Chronic tinnitus and primary insomnia are highly related and might share similar psychological and neurophysiological mechanisms leading to impaired sleep quality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GENERATION; DISORDERS; MELATONIN; SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2019 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2019 10:07 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/6162 |
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