The relationship between psychological conditions and recurrence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological conditions have been found to be associated with an increased risk of incident benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). However, much less is known on whether and how psychological conditions such as anxiety, insomnia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affect the recurrence of BPPV.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of 2,612 outpatients and inpatients diagnosed with BPPV between September 2012 and August 2020. BPPV recurrence was followed up until February 2021. The Cox proportional hazard regression was used to analyze the association between psychological conditions and the risk of the first recurrence. Poisson regression was applied to analyze the association between psychological conditions and the number of recurrences in patients wi

SUBMITTER: Shu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064541 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature