• Tacettin Kuru and Caner Şahin.
• Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Training and Research Hospital, Department of Psychiatry - Alanya, Turkey.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2023 Jan 1; 69 (4): e20221142e20221142.

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological inflexibility, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with chronic tinnitus without hearing loss.MethodsThe study was carried out involving 85 patients with chronic tinnitus without hearing loss and a control group of 80 individuals. All participants completed the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait, the Beck Depression Inventory, and Short Form-36.ResultsThe patient group exhibited higher Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (t=5.418, p<0.001), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait (t=6.592, p<0.001), and Beck Depression Inventory (t=4.193, p<0.001) scores and lower physical component summary (t=4.648, p<0.001) and mental component summary (t=-5.492, p<0.001) scores than the control group. Psychological inflexibility predicted depression, anxiety, and impairment of quality of life. The effect of psychological inflexibility on physical component summary was mediated by depression (β=-0.15, [95%CI -0.299 to -0.017]), while its effect on mental component summary was mediated by anxiety and serial anxiety and depression (β=-0.17 [95%CI -0.344 to -0.055] and β=-0.06 [95%CI -0.116 to -0.100], respectively).ConclusionPsychological inflexibility plays an important role in patients with chronic tinnitus without hearing loss. It is associated with increased levels of anxiety and depression and decreased quality of life.

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