![]() ![]() Other conditions which may cause dizziness are cervical spondylosis, postural hypotension, endocrinal diseases, drugs, vasculitis, anemia, polycythemia, psychological factors and cardiovascular diseases. Central nervous system disorders include cerebrovascular diseases such as transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs), brain stem disease, cerebellar disease, demyelinating diseases like multiple sclerosis, cerebellopontine angle tumor, posterior fossa lesions, infections and migraine. The recurrence rate of BPPV is 27%, and relapse mainly occurs in the first few months. Posterior canal BPPV is more common than lateral canal and anterior canal BPPV, constituting approximately 85 to 95 percent of BPPV cases. Among these, BPPV was the most frequent peripheral vestibular diagnosis reported in previous studies. Peripheral vestibular disorders include BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo), acute labyrinthitis, acute vestibular neuritis, Meniere’s disease, recurrent vestibulopathy, middle ear disease, otosclerosis and perilymphatic fistula. ĭizziness/vertigo can be produced by peripheral vestibular disorders or central nervous system disorders or by combined lesions, and other conditions. Dizziness is associated with functional disability, and 10–20% of sufferers fall because of their symptoms. The annual prevalence of dizziness/vertigo in the adult population of 22.9% was reported in Germany. The lifetime prevalence of dizziness was 29.3% the 1-year prevalence was found to be 18.2% in a community elderly population. The prevalence of dizziness ranges from 4% to 30% in this age group. Dizziness is one of the most common complaint among all outpatients and the single most common complaint, handicapping condition among patients aged 65 years and older. No additional external funding received for this study.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.ĭizziness or vertigo is an ill defined subjective sensation of postural instability or of illusory motion of self or environment either as a sensation of spinning or falling. The Indian Council of Medical Research had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Manish Chandra Prabhakar, a medical student, was awarded the short term studentship (2010) to conduct this study (URL: ). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This study was partly funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India. Received: JAccepted: FebruPublished: March 5, 2013Ĭopyright: © 2013 Saxena, Prabhakar. Citation: Saxena A, Prabhakar MC (2013) Performance of DHI Score as a Predictor of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in Geriatric Patients with Dizziness/Vertigo: A Cross-Sectional Study. ![]()
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