Table 2 Demographics of our sample.

From: Big Five Personality Traits are Associated with Tinnitus Improvement Over Time

 

Frequencies and Means [SD]

Gender (f/m)

146/242

Hearing Loss*

245/152/16

Type of Tinnitus Sound**

232/31/72/46

Laterality of Tinnitus***

50/62/88/57/85/41

Age (years)

55.9 [11.9]

Duration of Tinnitus (months)

154.3 [104.1]

Loudness (1–100)

68.2 [53.3]

THI

49.5 [23.3]

TQ

42.2 [17.7]

Agreeableness

44.5 [5.9]

Conscientiousness

46.3 [7.3]

Extraversion

37.9 [7.8]

Neuroticism

35.7 [8.3]

Openness

39.8 [7.9]

  1. *From left to right: Yes, No, No answer. **From left to right: Tonal, Noise, Crickets, Other. ***From left to right: right ear, left ear, both ears (worse in right), both ears (worse in left), both ears (equally bad), inside the head.