Clinical features of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The typical age of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is between 50 and 60 years. With the development of diagnostic techniques and the growth of the elderly, the number of elderly patients has been on the rise gradually. This study compared the clinical characteristics, treatments, and prognoses with patients.

Methods

Patients were divided into two age groups based on age at onset of the disease: middle-aged BPPV (50-59 years) and elderly BPPV (60-80 years old). We compared clinical characteristics, treatment, prognosis, BPPV location, questionnaires between the two groups.

Results

Female patients constituted a high proportion in both the middle-aged BPPV group (21, 75.0%) and the elderly BPPV group (39, 67.2%). The elderly group had significantly

SUBMITTER: Zhou R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12206830 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature