Table 1 Frequency of symptoms by general diagnosis of 282 patients with peripheral vestibular disease and 282 control subjects
From: Neurotology symptoms at referral to vestibular evaluation
Variables by general diagnosis | Vestibular lesion | Cochleo-vestibular disease, other than Meniere’s disease | Meniere’s disease | Benign paroxismal positional vertigo | Total vestibular patients | Controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unilateral | Bilateral | Unilateral | Bilateral | |||||
Number of patients | (n = 93) | (n = 29) | (n = 42) | (n = 82) | (n = 13) | (n = 23) | (n = 282) | (n = 282) |
Characteristic (Median, Quartile 1 - Quartile 3) | ||||||||
Years of age | 37 (37–53) | 40 (34–48) | 40.5 (33–54) | 58 (49–69) | 37 (36–47) | 50 (43–58) | 46 (35–57) | 45 (37–53) |
Months of clinical evolution | 2 (0.2-12) | 24 (6–72) | 18 (2–36) | 24 (4–60) | 4 (1–12) | 4 (2–12) | 8 (1–24) | - |
Total score | 7 (5–8) | 7 (5–8) | 7 (5–9) | 7 (5–9) | 9 (6–10) | 7 (6–8) | 7 (5–8) | 0 (0–1) |
Neurotology symptom (Number, percentage) | ||||||||
1. Instability when walking on uneven surfaces | 58 (62%) | 18 (62%) | 26 (62%) | 56 (68%) | 8 (61%) | 12 (52%) | 178 (63%) | 20 (7%) |
2. Instability when walking in the dark | 59 (63%) | 22 (76%) | 29 (69%) | 55 (67%) | 8 (61%) | 13 (56%) | 186 (66%) | 27 (9%) |
3. Instability when moving the head rapidly | 83 (89%) | 27 (93%) | 34 (81%) | 63 (77%) | 12 (92%) | 23 (100%) | 242 (86%) | 35 (12%) |
4. Instability when changing posture rapidly | 75 (80%) | 23 (79%) | 30 (71%) | 61 (74%) | 11 (84%) | 23 (100%) | 223 (79%) | 29 (10%) |
5. Instability when looking at moving objects | 61 (65%) | 16 (51%) | 23 (55%) | 54 (66%) | 11 (84%) | 14 (60%) | 179 (63%) | 17 (6%) |
6. Frequent stumbles ( ≥ 1/week) | 31 (33%) | 14 (48%) | 21 (50%) | 44 (54%) | 9 (69%) | 8 (35%) | 127 (45%) | 18 (6%) |
7. Frequent falls (≥ 1/month) | 10 (10.7%) | 8 (28%) | 9 (21%) | 32 (39%) | 5 (38%) | 3 (13%) | 67 (24%) | 4 (1%) |
8. Dizziness | 87 (93.5%) | 28 (96%) | 36 (86%) | 76 (92%) | 13 (100%) | 20 (87%) | 260 (93%) | 47 (16%) |
9. Spinning sensation (vertigo) | 87 (93.5%) | 24 (83%) | 34 (81%) | 70 (85%) | 13 (100%) | 23 (100%) | 251 (89%) | 12 (4%) |