Diagnostic indices for vertiginous diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vertigo and dizziness are symptoms which are reported frequently in clinical practice. We aimed to develop diagnostic indices for four prevalent vertiginous diseases: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Menière's disease (MD), vestibular migraine (VM), and phobic postural vertigo (PPV).

Methods

Based on a detailed questionnaire handed out to consecutive patients presenting for the first time in our dizziness clinic we preselected a set of seven questions with desirable diagnostic properties when compared with the final diagnosis after medical workup. Using exact logistic regression analysis diagnostic scores, each comprising of four to six items that can simply be added up, were built for each of the four diagnoses.

Results

Of 193 patients 131 ques

SUBMITTER: Bayer O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2987857 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature