Gallus, Silvano and Lugo, Alessandra and Garavello, Werner and Bosetti, Cristina and Santoro, Eugenio and Colombo, Paolo and Perin, Paola and La Vecchia, Carlo and Langguth, Berthold (2015) Prevalence and Determinants of Tinnitus in the Italian Adult Population. NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY, 45 (1). pp. 12-19. ISSN 0251-5350, 1423-0208
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Background: Limited, outdated, and poor quality data are available on the prevalence of tinnitus, particularly in Italy. Methods: A face-to-face survey was conducted in 2014 on 2,952 individuals, who represented the Italian population aged 18 or more (50.6 million). Any tinnitus was defined as the presence of ringing or buzzing in the ears lasting for at least 5 min in the previous 12 months. Results: Any tinnitus was reported by 6.2% of Italian adults, chronic tinnitus (i.e. for more than 3 months) by 4.8%, and severe tinnitus (i.e. which constitutes a big or very big problem) by 1.2%. The corresponding estimates for the population aged >= 45 years were 8.7, 7.4 and 2.0%, respectively. Multivariable analysis on population aged >= 45 years revealed that old age (odds ratio (OR) = 4.49 for >= 75 vs. 45-54 years) and obesity (OR = 2.14 compared to normal weight) were directly related to any tinnitus, and high monthly family income (OR = 0.50) and moderate alcohol consumption (OR = 0.59 for <7 drinks/week vs. non-drinking) were inversely related. Conclusions: This is the first study on tinnitus prevalence among the general Italian adult population. It indicates that in Italy tinnitus affects more than 3 million adults and is felt as a major problem by more than 600,000 Italians, mostly aged 45 years or more. (C) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | KOREAN NATIONAL-HEALTH; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; RISK; ADHERENCE; JAPANESE; ASSOCIATION; Tinnitus; Prevalence; Risk factors; Italy; Representative survey; Epidemiology |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2019 14:05 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2019 14:05 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/6216 |
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