Performance of DHI score as a predictor of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in geriatric patients with dizziness/vertigo: a cross-sectional study

Dizziness/vertigo is one of the most common complaint and handicapping condition among patients aged 65 years and older (Geriatric patients). This study was conducted to assess the impact of dizziness/vertigo on the quality of life in the geriatric patients attending a geriatric outpatient clinic. A...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-03, Vol.8 (3), p.e58106-e58106
Main Authors: Saxena, Amrish, Prabhakar, Manish Chandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Ambulatory care
Ambulatory care facilities
Analysis
Benign
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Continuity (mathematics)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes
Dizziness
Dizziness - diagnosis
Ears & hearing
Elderly patients
Emotions
Female
Geriatrics
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension
India
Male
Medical research
Medicine
Models, Statistical
Nervous system
Older people
Outpatients
Patients
Population
Posture
Predictive Value of Tests
Quality of Life
Reproducibility of Results
ROC Curve
Severity of Illness Index
Smoking
Statistical analysis
Statistical tests
Teaching methods
Tinnitus
Vertigo
Vertigo - diagnosis
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Summary:Dizziness/vertigo is one of the most common complaint and handicapping condition among patients aged 65 years and older (Geriatric patients). This study was conducted to assess the impact of dizziness/vertigo on the quality of life in the geriatric patients attending a geriatric outpatient clinic. A cross-sectional study was performed in a geriatric outpatient clinic of a rural teaching tertiary care hospital in central India. In all consecutive geriatric patients with dizziness/vertigo attending geriatric outpatient clinic, DHI questionnaire was applied to assess the impact of dizziness/vertigo and dizziness associated handicap in the three areas of a patients' life: physical, functional and emotional domain. Later, each patient was evaluated and underwent Dix-Hallpike maneuver by the physician who was blind of the DHI scoring of the patient. We compared means and proportions of variables across two categories of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and non-BPPV. For these comparisons we used Student's t-test to test for continuous variables, chi-square test for categorical variables and Fisher's exact test in the case of small cell sizes (expected value
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0058106