Quality of life in elderly patients with dizziness: Analysis of the Short-Form Health Survey in 197 patients

Li Chi Hsu, Han Hwa Hu*, Wen Jang Wong, Shuu Jiun Wang, Yun On Luk, Chang Ming Chern

*此作品的通信作者

研究成果: Article同行評審

40 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

Conclusion. Elderly patients with chronic dizziness had a poor HRQoL, which could be successfully assessed using the SF-36, a generic health-status instrument. The frequency of dizziness and comorbid psychological distress were predictive of impairment in QoL. Objectives. To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its relationship to characteristics of dizziness in elderly persons with chronic dizziness. Material and methods. A standardized dizziness questionnaire was used to evaluate characteristics of dizziness as well as medical, functional and demographic data in 197 consecutive patients with chronic dizziness aged ≥60 years. HRQoL was evaluated using the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results. Compared with normative data, results from patients with dizziness indicated a pervasive multidimensional decline in SF-36 scores. This decline was most notable in terms of role limitations in the physical and emotional dimensions. The frequency of attacks of dizziness correlated with perceived disability. Patients with chronic dizziness also had great psychological distress, as measured by the HADS score, which had a detrimental influence on their QoL.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)55-59
頁數5
期刊Acta Oto-Laryngologica
125
發行號1
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2005

指紋

深入研究「Quality of life in elderly patients with dizziness: Analysis of the Short-Form Health Survey in 197 patients」主題。共同形成了獨特的指紋。

引用此