Overview of previous reviews investigating cognition and tinnitus
| Study | Databases searched | Example search strategy provided | Number of records retrieved during database search | Number of studies included in review | Synthesis of association between cognition and tinnitus |
| Trevis et al 17 | PsycINFO, MedLine | (1) tinnitus AND psych* (all fields), (2) tinnitus AND mood (all fields), (3) tinnitus AND depress* (all fields), (4) tinnitus AND anx* OR stress (all fields) | 725 | 64 | Meta-analysis of ’psychological functioning' in tinnitus participants. Narrative review of association between ’cognitive functioning' (n=16); that is, behavioural cognitive task performance and chronic tinnitus, awareness, and severity. |
| Mohamad et al 12 | PubMed | ((((tinnitus(Title)) AND cogniti*(Title))) OR ((tinnitus(Title)) AND attention(Title))) OR ((tinnitus(Title)) AND memory(Title)) | 65 | 9 | Narrative review of ’behavioural research' addressing the impact of tinnitus and its severity of various aspects of cognitive performance in domains of working memory and attention. |
| Tegg-Quinn et al 16 | PubMed, MedLine, CINAHL, Scopus, EMBASE | (tinnitus) and (cognition OR memory OR attention OR concentration OR cognitive function OR mental activity) NOT (infant OR child OR adolescent OR paediatric OR animal OR balance OR hyperacusis OR implant OR pharmaceutical OR drugs) | 2236 | 18 | Narrative review of behavioural cognitive tasks, electrophysiological correlates of cognition and self-reported cognitive function measures. |
| Andersson and McKenna15 | MedLine and Psychological Abstracts | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Narrative review of ’cognitive deficits' (ie, behavioural cognitive tasks), ’cognitive bias' and ’conscious appraisal of tinnitus'. |
CINAHL; Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.