Low Evidence for Tinnitus Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Identifying risk factors for tinnitus could facilitate not only the recommendations for prevention measures, but also identifying potential pathways for new interventions. This study reports the first comprehensive systematic review of analytical observational studies able to provide information about causality (i.e., case-control and cohort designs).

Methods

A literature search of four electronic databases identified epidemiological studies published on tinnitus and different exposures. Independent raters screened all studies, extracted data, and evaluated study quality using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Reported relative risks (RR), hazard ratios (HR), odds ratios (OR), and prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to compute crude

SUBMITTER: Biswas R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971395 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature