Helping Patients Understand Their Dizziness: Assessment of a Three-Dimensional Printed Vestibular Model.

ABSTRACT: To assess the improvement in patient understanding with use of a three-dimensional printed vestibular model as a teaching tool and to evaluate the effects of educational approach on dizziness-related disabilities. Single center randomized controlled trial set in the Otolaryngology ambulatory care clinic located at a tertiary care, teaching institution in Shreveport, Louisiana. Patients with a current or suspected diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo who met inclusion criteria were randomized to either the three-dimensional model group or the control group. Each group received the same education session about dizziness, with the three-dimensional model being used as a visual aid in the experimental group. The control group received only verbal education. Outcome measures includ

SUBMITTER: Fontenot A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050289 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature