Zumbido: possível associação com alterações cervicais em idosos

Abstract

Summary Introduction:?Tinnitus is a prevailing symptom that highly jeopardizes the elderly patient's quality of life. Neck pain and cervical column alterations are frequent in patients complaining about tinnitus. Objective:?Evaluate the prevalence of both tinnitus and neck pain on an elderly group, and verify the likely association between tinnitus, neck pain and the constraint to make wide cervical movements. Methods:?Retrospective transversal study, evaluating both the width of cervical movement by way of a goniometry and the tinnitus and neck pain by requesting a standard questionnaire to be filled out. Results:?Sample was comprised of 147 individuals aged between 69.22, 61.90% of whom were female. Among these individuals, 42.85% showed a buzz complaint and 51% of these individuals claimed to have a neck pain. Neither was association found between tinnitus and neck pain nor it was between tinnitus and the width constraint of cervical movements. Conclusion:?Despite not finding an association between tinnitus and neck pain or between tinnitus and the width constraint of cervical movements, there was a significant prevalence of tinnitus, neck pain and a reduction in the width of cervical movements on the elderly people. The results hereof, by finding this important prevalence of tinnitus in all the individuals of this study, will be the basis to integrate health professionals engaged in such alterations.

Prevalência de queixa de zumbido e prováveis associações com perda auditiva, diabetes mellitus e hipertensão arterial em pessoas idosas

“…According to the National Institute of Health, tinnitus is a very common symptom, affecting approximately 15% of Americans (19) . The prevalence of tinnitus in a preliminary study with the same elderly population detected the symptom in 40% of that population (20) .…”

“…Some studies show a slightly higher prevalence in females, but rarely reach statistical significance (20,24,25) .…”

Diferenças na amplitude lateral do movimento da coluna cervical entre jovens e idosos

“…Confirmando os dados da pesquisa em Londrina/Paraná no ano 2011 8 , os idosos também apresentaram redução da amplitude do movimento, associado ao processo degenerativo do idoso, sejam eles articulares, ósseos ou musculares.…”

Neurotological Findings at a Health Unit for Adults with Cervicalgia

“…For authors in another study, 18 the emergence of tinnitus is due to the dynamic interaction of various centers of the nervous and limbic systems and alterations or lesions in the cochlea precede this process. This leads to imbalance in the lower pathways of the auditory system, resulting in abnormal neural activity perceived and interpreted by the central nervous system as tinnitus.…”