[Relationship between health-related quality of life and disability in women with peripheral vertigo]. / Relación entre la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud y la discapacidad en mujeres con vértigo de origen periférico.
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp
; 61(4): 255-61, 2010.
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| ID: mdl-20494821
OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between disability and health-related quality of life in women with vertigo of peripheral origin. METHODS: Cross-sectional study in 26 women diagnosed with vertigo, classified by type of peripheral vestibular disturbance: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), vestibular neuritis, Ménière's disease, post-trauma and others. In a self-report interview, a 12-item short-form (SF-12) health survey on quality of life was applied; disability was assessed with the questionnaire "Dizziness Handicap Inventory" (DHI). Measures of central tendency, dispersion for the domains and types of vestibular disturbance were used and internal DHI consistency and inter-scale correlation were calculated. RESULTS: Patients in the vestibular neuritis and Ménière groups displayed a higher level of disability according to the DHI functional (29.5+/-5.5 vs. 27.0+/-8.8) and physical domains (23.0+/-4.1 vs. 21.5+/-6.6). Based on the SF-12 domains, greater deterioration in quality of life was perceived in physical (22.9+/-3.9 vs. 22.6+/-4.6) and emotional performance (15.4+/-5.0 vs. 11.3+/-6.0), respectively. Acceptable and significant inverse correlations were found between the physical component summary (PCS-12) of the SF-12 and the physical, emotional and functional aspects of the DHI questionnaire (r=-0.51 to -0.78, p<0.01). Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha index) of the DHI questionnaire was appropriate for the sample. CONCLUSIONS: The DHI and the SF-12 are useful, practical and valid instruments for assessing the impact of dizziness on the quality of life of patients with this symptom.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Vertigem
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Colômbia
País de publicação:
Espanha