The impact of dizziness on quality-of-life in the elderly

Ciorba, Andrea; Bianchini, Chiara; Scanelli, Giovanni; Pala, Marco; Zurlo, Amedeo; Aimoni, Claudia

doi:10.1007/s00405-016-4222-z

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“…When assessing the quality of life in an individual with dizziness, regardless of the instrument being used, the invariable conclusion is that this symptom leads to great negative interference in the individual's life. In the elderly, this impact is even greater 26 . Age is an important factor, as the loss of independence and the decrease in function level increase as people age.…”

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Quality of life in the institutionalized elderly with dizziness complaint: a cross-sectional study

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Purpose: to evaluate the quality of life in institutionalized elderly people with dizziness complaint and to relate the results to the characteristics of dizziness and functional capacity. Methods: in this cross-sectional study, one-hundred and nineteen elderly residents in three geriatric long-term care institutions in Natal city, Brazil, were evaluated. Those who had presented dizziness in the former year (30/25.2%) were included in this study. The quality of life was measured by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory. Functional capacity was measured by the Berg Balance Scale, the Functional Reach Test, the Unipedal Stance Test with eyes open and closed, and the Falls Efficacy Scale - International. Results: associations were found between physical, functional and emotional aspects and the duration of dizziness (p=0.002, p=0.041 and p=0.004, respectively); the functional aspects with age (p=0.031), the physical aspects with the presence of falls in the previous year (p=0.039); and the physical, functional and emotional aspects of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory with fear of falling (p=0.004, p<0.001 and p=0.016, respectively). Conclusion: institutionalized elderly with dizziness complaints had a low perception of quality of life, and the duration of dizziness, age, falls and fear of falling negatively influenced their quality of life.

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Quality of life in the institutionalized elderly with dizziness complaint: a cross-sectional study

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“…This change may result in several manifestations, such as physical and mental health insecurities, anxiety, difficulty in paying attention, memory loss, and fatigue [4][5][6][7] . In addition to these characteristics, it can cause challenges for the child to visually follow their teacher or colleagues, besides the difficulty of learning, which is characterized by deficits in the execution of reading and writing tasks in the classroom.…”

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Relationship between dizziness and learning difficulties in schoolchildren: an integrative review

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Purpose: this study aims to verify the level of scientific evidence on the relationship between dizziness and academic achievement in childhood. Methods: the study was performed using the following search terms: dizziness, vertigo, child, learning, spelling, learning skills, academic skills, reading, and their correspondents in Portuguese in the following databases: PubMed, Scielo, LILACS and PsycINFO. Observational studies that examined the relationship between dizziness and academic achievement in childhood, published between 2007 and 2017, were included. Articles that did not allow access to the full text, and studies based on samples with motor, hearing, and cognitive disorders were excluded. Results: we initially found 315 articles and three met the established inclusion and exclusion criteria. These were scored according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Modified Scale with scores between 2 and 3 and as IIb according to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association levels of evidence and quality indicators. Conclusion: the results of this integrative review showed a low level of scientific evidence on the relationship between dizziness and academic achievement in childhood. It is important to emphasize the importance of improving study design to better understand their relationship, to allow provision of the best preventive, assessment, and intervention methods.

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“…Dizziness is common in older people (~30% in patients over 65 years of age) ( 1 ), can have significant negative effects on quality of life ( 2 , 3 ), and is a major risk factor for falls ( 4 ). Although vestibular disease and central vascular disease are the most commonly reported diagnoses in secondary/tertiary care ( 1 , 5 ) and primary care ( 1 ), respectively, the prevalence of specific causes of dizziness varies hugely ( 1 , 6 ) and dizziness is a multifactorial geriatric syndrome ( 1 – 3 , 6 ) like falls. Causes include vestibular disease, psychiatric disorders, vascular disease including hypotension, polypharmacy, medication side effects, Parkinson’s disease, and visual impairment.…”

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“…There are currently no patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that assess vision-related dizziness ( 3 ). The Visual Vertigo Analog Scale ( 14 ) is a nine-item visual analog scale to assess the intensity of symptoms for patients with Visual Vertigo which was developed using classical test theory.…”

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Development and Validation of the Vision-Related Dizziness Questionnaire

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PurposeTo develop and validate the first patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) to quantify vision-related dizziness. Dizziness is a common, multifactorial syndrome that causes reductions in quality of life and is a major risk factor for falls, but the role of vision is not well understood.MethodsPotential domains and items were identified by literature review and discussions with experts and patients to form a pilot PROM, which was completed by 335 patients with dizziness. Rasch analysis was used to determine the items with good psychometric properties to include in a final PROM, to check undimensionality, differential item functioning, and to convert ordinal questionnaire data into continuous interval data. Validation of the final 25-item instrument was determined by its convergent validity, patient, and item-separation reliability and unidimensionality using data from 223 patients plus test–retest repeatability from 79 patients.Results120 items were originally identified, then subsequently reduced to 46 to form a pilot PROM. Rasch analysis was used to reduce the number of items to 25 to produce the vision-related dizziness or VRD-25. Two subscales of VRD-12-frequency and VRD-13-severity were shown to be unidimensional, with good psychometric properties. Convergent validity was shown by moderately good correlations with the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (r = 0.75) and good test–retest repeatability with intra-class correlation coefficients of 0.88.ConclusionVRD-25 is the only PROM developed to date to assess vision-related dizziness. It has been developed using Rasch analysis and provides a PROM for this under-researched area and for clinical trials of interventions to reduce vision-related dizziness.

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The impact of dizziness on quality-of-life in the elderly

Cited by 55 publications

References 34 publications

Quality of life in the institutionalized elderly with dizziness complaint: a cross-sectional study

Quality of life in the institutionalized elderly with dizziness complaint: a cross-sectional study

Relationship between dizziness and learning difficulties in schoolchildren: an integrative review

Development and Validation of the Vision-Related Dizziness Questionnaire

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