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OBJECTIVE:Tinnitus is known to have an association with depression and other psychiatric disorders. As part of a larger epidemiological survey, we evaluated the associations among tinnitus, depression and alexithymia in a group of elderly people. METHODS:A survey of hearing loss, audiological rehabilitation and associated morbidity in a senior population was conducted in Turku, Finland. The study sample consisted of 583 participants aged between 70 and 85 years. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) was used to measure alexithymia, whereas the 13-item version of the Beck Depression Inventory was used to measure depression; the subjective experience of tinnitus was queried with a questionnaire. RESULTS:Depression had a clear association with subjectively annoying tinnitus. Contrary to expectations, the TAS-20 score did not correlate with the severity of tinnitus. In fact, the highest TAS-20 scores were found among the subjects who had tinnitus but did not find it to be subjectively annoying. No significant association between high TAS-20 scores and hearing loss was found. CONCLUSION:Although we found an association between TAS-20 scores and the presence of tinnitus, alexithymia does not seem to be helpful in explaining tinnitus annoyance among elderly people.
journal_name
Gen Hosp Psychiatryjournal_title
General hospital psychiatryauthors
Salonen J,Johansson R,Joukamaa Mdoi
10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.05.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-09-01 00:00:00pages
431-5issue
5eissn
0163-8343issn
1873-7714pii
S0163-8343(07)00094-1journal_volume
29pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients treated in the emergency department (ED) for non-psychiatric complaints have elevated suicide risk. Universal screening can detect occult suicide risk, but gold standard risk measurement tools, such as the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSS), are too long and cumbersome for ED use. OBJECTIV...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2018.08.004
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of alcohol abuse in a general hospital inpatient population. The study population consisted of 1138 consecutive admissions to three surgical and two medical wards of the University Hospital Rotterdam during a 6-month period. According to the Munich Alcoholism Test (MA...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(94)90056-6
更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Both electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and paliperidone (PLP) can induce, though infrequently, severe cardiac side-effects. Thus far, no studies are available on the cardiac safety of their co-administration. We report on the cardiac safety of the ECT-PLP combination in nine female inpatients who underwent this treatmen...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.09.012
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Demoralization, a state of lowered morale and poor coping, has a prevalence of 13-18% among patients with advanced cancer. We surveyed clinicians' perspectives of the utility of "with demoralization" as a diagnostic specifier for adjustment and depressive disorders. METHOD:Using comparative clinical vignette...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.01.007
更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of Alzheimer's disease (AD) following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHOD:Case report. RESULTS:We report the time course of AD following mild TBI with evidence of AD pathology. A patient complained of minor memory disturbance 6 months after TBI and was diagnosed with mild cognitive im...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.09.016
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the prevalence of diagnosed ocular disease and eye disease treatment between Veteran's Administration (VA) patients with and without serious mental illness (SMI). METHODS:Retrospective comparison of diagnosed ocular disease and treatment prevalence among patients with and without diagnosed SMI in ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.08.003
更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study describes and evaluates the adequacy of sociodemographic and clinical descriptors as potential predictors of unplanned discharge from and completion of psychiatric day treatment programs. A 2-year retrospective chart review was completed on all patients (N = 327) attending three university-affiliated day tr...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(97)00052-2
更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Minicomputer systems have been designed for researchers who have no prior computer experience and, therefore, require no computer training, that is, programming knowledge. Such systems allow immediate access to the data, their retrieval, reduction, and analysis, and the retention of direct control over the data base b...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(85)90021-0
更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is known to be caused by a variety of clinical disorders. The authors encountered a case of PRES associated with acute pancreatitis and chronic alcoholism. A 49-year-old man presented with altered mental status. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) displayed vasogenic ed...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.12.004
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of cell phones and short message service (SMS, also called "texting") has become pervasive in Western society and increasingly throughout the world. Despite the importance of this technology in everyday life, little is known about how patients draw on SMS to keep in contact with family and friends dur...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.03.006
更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the extent of health care utilisation (excluding costs) of diabetic patients with and without depressive symptoms attending a specialist clinic in Singapore. METHODS:A total of 537 Asian outpatients (aged 21 years and above) who were attending a Diabetes Centre were...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.01.001
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study reports DSM-III diagnoses and demographic characteristics of 100 patients consecutively referred to a university hospital consultation-liaison service for evaluation of medically unexplained symptoms suggesting physical disorders. Thirty-seven percent of patients received diagnoses of somatoform, dissociati...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(85)90006-4
更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The author reviews moral arguments supporting a right to medical care, as well as empirical data concerning the effects of mental illness on society, and explores their relevance to a rights-based claim to mental health care. He concludes that there is ample ethical justification for a right to mental health care, giv...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(99)00047-x
更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This article illustrates how a mandatory consult procedure identified treatable psychiatric problems. Using a computerized data-based format, 372 (37.4%) patients (the "judgment" group) of 996 psychiatric consultations were identified as referred to assess the patient's capacity to execute a consent form for a medical...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(85)90074-x
更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), which encompasses profound psychological morbidity, affects many survivors of critical illness. We hypothesize that acute psychological stress during the intensive care unit (ICU) confinement likely contributes to PICS. In order to develop strategies that mitigate PICS ass...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.04.009
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Systematic assessment of the effect of clinical research studies on child and parent participants has been limited. Such assessment could provide an empirical basis for the ethical conduct of research, assisting investigators and institutional review boards in balancing the need for sound research with the need to pro...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(02)00200-1
更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Coping with impaired appearance presents difficulties for children. This study is based on interviews of children with vitiligo, a disfiguring disorder that involves depigmentation of the skin, and focuses on social and psychologic factors that predict effectiveness of coping. Age plays an extremely important part in ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(84)90024-0
更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The variability in estimated rates of major depressive disorder (MDD) in chronic pain samples may be accounted for by sample and methodological differences. Most studies rely on a single measure of depression and lack independent or repeated measures. This study investigated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(95)00088-7
更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The psychiatric literature on competency indicates that a diagnosable psychiatric condition alone does not imply incompetency to make treatment decisions. Nonetheless, it is frequently assumed that individuals who are either mentally retarded or demented are incompetent to make decisions. The authors, focusing on the ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(88)90060-6
更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Little is known about which factors may adversely affect response to psychotherapy in diabetic patients with major depression. We studied the relationship of various demographic, diabetes, and depression characteristics to change in depression in 42 patients with type 2 diabetes who completed a randomized clinical tri...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(98)00039-5
更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The psychiatric presentation of advanced neurosyphilis is well documented, yet there is no set protocol to treat these occurrences. This report indexes a 61-year-old African-American male with no known psychiatric history but with a pertinent medical history of neurosyphilis (non-human immunodeficiency virus). He deve...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.01.002
更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined if associations between body mass index (BMI) and mental and physical health were independent of genetic and familial factors. METHOD:Data from 2831 twins (66% female) were used in an epidemiological co-twin control design with measures of BMI and mental and physical health outcomes. Gene...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.04.004
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(87)90053-3
更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:As the consultation-liaison psychiatrist for a large burn service, the author investigated the undermedication for pain. This phenomenon could not be adequately explained by the staff's insensitivity, by mistaken ideas about analgesics, or by fears of iatrogenic addiction. For both patients and staff, the pain served ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(84)90026-4
更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 29-year-old single Puerto Rican woman with AIDS was admitted to the Medical Service for pneumonia, seen by the Psychiatric Consultation Service, an eventually transferred to the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit with several possible psychiatric diagnoses including major depression, HIV dementia, delirium, and posttraumati...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(94)90119-8
更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent surveys have assessed a remarkable increase in the prevalence of infectious syphilis. If left untreated, 30% of patients may develop tertiary syphilis, which can manifest as neurosyphilis. CASE REPORT:The authors present a case of an acute psychosis during and after pregnancy in a 37-year-old woman...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.09.010
更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this study, 96 frequent attender patients in primary care were compared with 466 other primary care patients. The focus was on psychiatric morbidity, current and former psychiatric treatment, and self-perceived need for treatment. The prevalence of psychiatric illness was much greater among frequent attender patien...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(94)00059-m
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Family systems theory provides the physician with a comprehensive paradigm to investigate the social and interpersonal context of physical illness. All physical illnesses, particularly life-threatening and chronic ones, profoundly affect the family life of the patient, and the changed family circumstances in turn have...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(90)90003-u
更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of depression among otolaryngology patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and the outcome of treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). METHOD:Ninety patients with MUS from a population of 983 consecutive otolaryngology outpatients were enrolled....
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.09.014
更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is widespread concern about access to good quality health care for ethnic minority groups. This study investigates differences between ethnic groups regarding prevalence of anxiety and depression, and adherence to treatment guidelines by family practitioners in urban areas in the Netherlands. METHOD:Da...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.04.010
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
