The impact of type D personality on health-related quality of life in tinnitus patients is mainly mediated by anxiety and depression

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Bartels, Hilke ^a   Pedersen, Susanne S ^b   Van Der Laan, Bernard F A M ^a   Staal, Michiel J ^a   Albers, Frans W J ^c   Middel, Berrie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome; Surgical repair; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS;

EID: 74349130898     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181bc3dd1     Document Type: Article

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