The Relationship between Hypertension and the Incidence of Tinnitus in Patients at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital

Tiara Nastiti; Rizka Fakhriani; Asti Widuri

doi:10.14710/dmj.v14i1.46166

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/dmj.v14i1.46166

The Relationship between Hypertension and the Incidence of Tinnitus in Patients at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital

*Tiara Nastiti - Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Jl. Brawijaya, Geblagan, Tamantirto, Kec. Kasihan, Kabupaten Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55183, Indonesia

Rizka Fakhriani

- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Jl. Brawijaya, Geblagan, Tamantirto, Kec. Kasihan, Kabupaten Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55183, Indonesia

Asti Widuri

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@article{dmj46166,
    author = {Tiara Nastiti and Rizka Fakhriani and Asti Widuri},
    title = {The Relationship between Hypertension and the Incidence of Tinnitus in Patients at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital},
    journal = {Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro (Diponegoro Medical Journal)},
  volume = {14},
    number = {1},
    year = {2025},
    keywords = {Hypertension, Incidence, Relation, Tinnitus.},
    abstract = {  Background:  According to information provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), around 15% of the world's total population experiences tinnitus. The causes of tinnitus vary, including underlying diseases, one of which is hypertension. Meanwhile, in the Special Region of Yogyakarta it ranks 4th for the province with the highest cases of hypertension in Indonesia.  Objective:  This study aims to determine the relationship between hypertension and the incidence of tinnitus at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital.  Methods:  This type of research is quantitative with analytical observation using a cross-sectional approach using medical records as the data source. The total sample in this study was 56 patients at the ENT Polyclinic at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital who met the exclusion and inclusion criteria. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate Fisher exact tests.  Results:  The research results showed that 30 of the 56 subjects had hypertension with tinnitus. The results of the bivariate test of the relationship between hypertension and tinnitus produced a p value of 0.008 (p < 0.05) and an r value of 0.377.  Conclusion:  There is a significant weak relationship between hypertension and tinnitus in patients at the ENT Polyclinic at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital. Among the degrees of hypertension that have been studied, grade 2 hypertension has the strongest relationship with tinnitus. Hypertension conditions can cause damage to blood flow in the cochlea due to damage to blood flow autoregulation which then causes ischemia in the cochlea and causes clinical manifestations in the form of tinnitus. },
   issn = {2540-8844},  doi = {10.14710/dmj.v14i1.46166},
    url = {https://ejournal3.undip.ac.id/index.php/medico/article/view/46166}
}

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Background: According to information provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), around 15% of the world's total population experiences tinnitus. The causes of tinnitus vary, including underlying diseases, one of which is hypertension. Meanwhile, in the Special Region of Yogyakarta it ranks 4th for the province with the highest cases of hypertension in Indonesia. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between hypertension and the incidence of tinnitus at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital. Methods: This type of research is quantitative with analytical observation using a cross-sectional approach using medical records as the data source. The total sample in this study was 56 patients at the ENT Polyclinic at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital who met the exclusion and inclusion criteria. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate Fisher exact tests. Results: The research results showed that 30 of the 56 subjects had hypertension with tinnitus. The results of the bivariate test of the relationship between hypertension and tinnitus produced a p value of 0.008 (p < 0.05) and an r value of 0.377. Conclusion: There is a significant weak relationship between hypertension and tinnitus in patients at the ENT Polyclinic at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital. Among the degrees of hypertension that have been studied, grade 2 hypertension has the strongest relationship with tinnitus. Hypertension conditions can cause damage to blood flow in the cochlea due to damage to blood flow autoregulation which then causes ischemia in the cochlea and causes clinical manifestations in the form of tinnitus.

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