Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19
Objective: Researchers have previously investigated the connection between COVID-19 and equilibrium disorders (ED) and tinnitus. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of tinnitus and ED in people post-treatment after being positive for COVID-19 and the association of these symptoms wi...
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| description | Objective: Researchers have previously investigated the connection between COVID-19 and equilibrium disorders (ED) and tinnitus. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of tinnitus and ED in people post-treatment after being positive for COVID-19 and the association of these symptoms with Anxiety and demographic features. Material and methods: Patients from two tertiary hospitals with positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for SARSCOV-2 between August 2020 and May 2021 were contacted by phone. The recruited patients were asked to complete our questionnaire over the phone, a developed Turkish version of a previously applied ‘10-item close-ended questionnaire’ by Viola et al. Results: Sixty-two patients experienced ED before COVID-19 (8%). After COVID-19, the incidence of ED sufferers increased to 178 (22%), which was statistically significant (p=0.001). 110 (25.28%) of 435 female patients and 68 (18.37%) of 370 male patients had post-COVID ED. It was significantly more common in women among COVID-19 survivors (p=0.019). The number of patients who experienced tinnitus before COVID-19 was 64 (7%) and 105 (13%) after COVID-19. It was found statistically significant that the tinnitus increased after COVID-19 (p=0.001) Beck’s Anxiety Inventory ( BAI) scores were significantly higher in the post-COVID ED and post-COVID tinnitus sufferers (p=0.001, p=0.047). Conclusions: COVID-19 survivors had significantly suffered tinnitus or ED. BAI scores were significantly higher in post-COVID ED and tinnitus sufferers. So, it can be said that the patients with high Anxiety experienced more tinnitus and ED post-COVID period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-081b4d7471a94e64bbc35b505ff8ee4d2025-08-20T02:14:07ZengIstanbul University PressThe Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat2602-48372023-10-01333818810.26650/Tr-ENT.2023.1327932123456Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19Selin Eroğlu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0099-3538Doğa Turhanoğlu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-5892Sude Naz Büyüksaraç2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0396-0077Doğa Türkü Doğancı3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4055-3438Pelin Deniz4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5882-6185Pelin Koçdor5Başkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeBaşkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeBaşkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeBaşkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeBaşkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeBaşkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeObjective: Researchers have previously investigated the connection between COVID-19 and equilibrium disorders (ED) and tinnitus. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of tinnitus and ED in people post-treatment after being positive for COVID-19 and the association of these symptoms with Anxiety and demographic features. Material and methods: Patients from two tertiary hospitals with positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for SARSCOV-2 between August 2020 and May 2021 were contacted by phone. The recruited patients were asked to complete our questionnaire over the phone, a developed Turkish version of a previously applied ‘10-item close-ended questionnaire’ by Viola et al. Results: Sixty-two patients experienced ED before COVID-19 (8%). After COVID-19, the incidence of ED sufferers increased to 178 (22%), which was statistically significant (p=0.001). 110 (25.28%) of 435 female patients and 68 (18.37%) of 370 male patients had post-COVID ED. It was significantly more common in women among COVID-19 survivors (p=0.019). The number of patients who experienced tinnitus before COVID-19 was 64 (7%) and 105 (13%) after COVID-19. It was found statistically significant that the tinnitus increased after COVID-19 (p=0.001) Beck’s Anxiety Inventory ( BAI) scores were significantly higher in the post-COVID ED and post-COVID tinnitus sufferers (p=0.001, p=0.047). Conclusions: COVID-19 survivors had significantly suffered tinnitus or ED. BAI scores were significantly higher in post-COVID ED and tinnitus sufferers. So, it can be said that the patients with high Anxiety experienced more tinnitus and ED post-COVID period.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/0FF044553FA34ED6875B0850A1810CE3tinnitusbalancevertigocovid-19anxiety |
| spellingShingle | Selin Eroğlu Doğa Turhanoğlu Sude Naz Büyüksaraç Doğa Türkü Doğancı Pelin Deniz Pelin Koçdor Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19 The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat tinnitus balance vertigo covid-19 anxiety |
| title | Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19 |
| title_full | Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19 |
| title_short | Tinnitus, Equilibrium Disorders, and Anxiety in COVID-19 |
| title_sort | tinnitus equilibrium disorders and anxiety in covid 19 |
| topic | tinnitus balance vertigo covid-19 anxiety |
| url | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/0FF044553FA34ED6875B0850A1810CE3 |
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