The curative effect of cognitive behavior therapy for the treatment of chronic subjective tinnitus / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
; (24): 709-711, 2014.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-748588
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To explore the efficacy of the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for the treatment of chronic subjective tinnitus.@*METHOD@#One hundred and fifty-seven patients were randomly divided into two groups. Sixty-eight patients of the control group were treated by masking therapy; and the other 89 patients of the experimental group were treated by CBT therapy. The score of tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) was utilized to analyze the treatment efficacy in the two groups respectively.@*RESULT@#The effective rate assessed by of THI score in the experimental group was not significantly higher than the control group 2 months after treatment (P > 0.05), but was significantly higher than the control group 6 months and 12 months after treatment (P < 0.05 respectively).@*CONCLUSION@#The CBT therapy contributed to achieve rapid adaptation of tinnitus feeling, which shows great value of further clinical application.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Psychology
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Therapeutics
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Tinnitus
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Treatment Outcome
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article