Tinnitus Patient Data: Psychological Mediation Analysis of 285 Cases

A retrospective study analyzed data from 285 patients with tinnitus, collected by Lijuan Fan and last updated in May 2026. The dataset includes scores from the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-Rating Scale of Sleep (SRSS), and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS). Structural equation modeling was used to examine anxiety as a mediator between sleep disturbances, depression, and tinnitus severity.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between tinnitus severity and psychological scores based on THI, SDS, SRSS, and SAS.
• Train models to predict tinnitus handicap based on independent predictors like age, sleep quality, and anxiety.
• Validate mediation pathways in psychological health using structural equation modeling techniques.
• Conduct subgroup analyses to examine mediation effects across demographic and clinical variables like age, gender, and disease duration.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 285 patient records, providing a substantive sample for analysis.
• Utilizes four validated clinical assessment instruments: THI, SDS, SRSS, and SAS.
• Analysis includes multivariate regression and structural equation modeling, confirming specific mediation effects (e.g., 31.7% mediation for SRSS-THI).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to the specific patient cohort studied.

Provenance

Source

Lijuan Fan

Collection Method

Retrospective study analyzing clinical assessment scores from tinnitus patients.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 05:35:24; freshness should be verified.