The Portuguese version of mini-tinnitus questionnaire: Brief screening test for assessment of tinnitus-induced stress

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-115

  Cerejeira, Rui ^a,b   Cerejeira, Joaquim ^a   Paiva, Sofia ^a   Gonçalves, Paulo ^a   Firmino, Horácio ^a   Quartilho, Manuel ^a   Serra, Adriano Vaz ^a   Paiva, António ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mini TQ; Portuguese version; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TINNITUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; HOSPITALIZATION; LANGUAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TINNITUS;

EID: 59849096951     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31818de749     Document Type: Article

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