STUDY THE HEALTH CONDITION OF PATIENT WITH TINNITUS
Introduction. Tinnitus is a symptom which prevalence in a world was about 14.7%. Currently there is no gold standard of treatment of this disease, however cognitive behavioral therapy is identified as effective treatment. Effectiveness of treatment can be measured using questionnaire-tinnitus functional index (TFI).
The aim of our work is to study the health condition of patients with tinnitus with the TFI instrument in Almaty city, Kazakhstan.
Materials and methods: A prospective study was conducted during 2021-2023. Using versions of the TFI questionnaire translated into Russian and Kazakh, a prospective study survey was undertaken in 2022-2023 in the city of Almaty among patients with tinnitus. Data analysis was carried out in accordance with the TFI methodology and using SPSS 13 program. 25 TFI questions consist scale deals with such aspects of the impact of tinnitus as concentration, sleep problems, limited social contacts due to tinnitus, etc. In addition, the TFI consists of eight subscales. The overall TFI and scores for each of the eight subscales can range fr om 0 to 100 and are calculated by summing the responses to all questions.
Results: 58 participants over 18 years old attend in survey, the mean ± SD = 55.05 (± 15.47). The third participants indicated tinnitus as big as well as a small problem. The TFI score overall was 55.5. The men had higher rate in all subscales in comparison to female.
Conclusion: This was the first research wh ere identified TFI among patient with tinnitus in Almaty population and in Kazakhstan. In the future needs additional studies to measure efficacy before and after treatment of patients with tinnitus using TFI.
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Seitkali A., Hailey D., Akhtayeva N., Akhmetzhan A., Kosherbayeva L. Study the health condition of patient with tinnitus // Nauka i Zdravookhranenie [Science & Healthcare]. 2023, (Vol.25) 5, pp. 91-96. doi 10.34689/SH.2023.25.5.012Related publications:
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