Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A szédülés gyakori panasz, amellyel a betegek felkeresik sürgősségi osztályt. Emellett fontos tünet, hiszen kihívást jelent mind diagnosztika, terápia szempontjából, és nagy hatással lehet életminőségére. Célkitűzés: Kutatásunk célja annak vizsgálata, hogy mennyire befolyásolta életminőségét osztály elhagyását követően. Módszer: vizsgálat időtartama alatt 879, szédülést...

BACKGROUND Chronic vestibular dysfunction is a frustrating problem in the elderly and can have a tremendous impact on their life, but only a few studies are available. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is an important therapeutic option for the neuro-otologist in treating patients with significant balance deficits. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of vestibu...

OBJECTIVE To translate the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) into Arabic according to the World Health Organization`s (WHO) criteria and to evaluate the concurrent validity of the FES-I in persons living with balance and vestibular disorders. METHODS This cross-sectional descriptive study included 43 persons with balance and vestibular disorders presenting to an outpatient dizziness ...

BACKGROUND It is known that anxiety and depression influence the level of disability experienced by persons with vertigo, dizziness or unsteadiness. Because higher prevalence rates of disabling dizziness have been found in women and some studies reported a higher level of psychiatric distress in female patients our primary aim was to explore whether women and men with vertigo, dizziness or unst...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS We undertook this study to assess the correlation between the results of simple tests of spatial orientation and the occurrence of common psychological symptoms during the first 3 months after an acute, unilateral, peripheral, vestibular lesion. METHODS Ten vestibular patients were selected and accepted to participate in the study. During a 3-month follow-up, we recorded t...

RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar a efetividade da reabilitação vestibular na funcionalidade, ganho dos canais semicirculares ao Video Head Impulse Test (v-HIT), nas respostas Potencial Evocado Miogênico Vestibular (VEMP), sintomas depressivos, equilíbrio e tontura em idosos. Métodos Estudo longitudinal, quase experimental analítico, realizado entre dezembro de 2019 julho 2022, com 50 idosos disfunção ve...

The impact of dizziness on Quality of Life (QoL) can be assessed by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), which is used as a discriminative and evaluative tool. Although the DHI is available in several languages, an equivalent version for the Italian population is not yet available. Aim of this study was to translate the DHI into the Italian language (DHI-I), assess its correlation to the Ita...