Tolerance to Dizziness Intensity Increases With Age in People With Chronic Dizziness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dizziness is a common complaint in older adults. To know which factors are instrumental in enabling patients with chronic dizziness to tolerate their symptoms to a certain degree in everyday life can help to develop tailored therapies.

Methods

Data from 358 patients with chronic dizziness and vertigo who had attended a multimodal daycare treatment program were recorded. Data included sociodemographic parameters, dizziness-related characteristics, the Vertigo Symptom Scale (VSS), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Descriptive statistics, elastic net regression, and mediation analysis were used.

Results

A higher tolerance of dizziness was associated with higher age, higher intensity of dizziness, lower burden of dizziness, higher HADS depre

SUBMITTER: Prell T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9330066 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature