| Participants with vestibular disorder (n=202) | Subgroup for reliability testing (n=40) | Healthy participants (n=52) | |||
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Age in years: mean (SD) | 50.0 | (13.47) | 50.7 | (13.63) | 46.7 | (13.12) |
Gender: n women/men (% women): | 124/78 | (61.4) | 23/17 | (57.5) | 28/24 | (53.8) |
Independence or need of support for ADL/household: n (%) | ||||||
independent | 162 | (80.2) | 33 | (82.5) | 52 | (100.0) |
need of occasional support | 27 | (13.4) | 6 | (15.0) | 0 | Â |
need of regular weekly or daily support | 13 | (6.4) | 1 | (2.5) | 0 | Â |
Duration of dizziness: n (%) | ||||||
dizziness since ≥ 1 month, less than 6 mo | 58 | (28.7) | 8 | (20.0) |  |  |
dizziness since ≥ 6 mo up to 12 mo | 27 | (13.4) | 7 | (17.5) |  |  |
dizziness since > 12 mo | 117 | (57.9) | 25 | (62.5) |  |  |
Diagnosis: n (%) | ||||||
Unilateral peripheral vestibular disorder: | 73 | (36.14) | 10 | (25.00) | Â | Â |
 unilat BPPV | 26 | (12.9) | 3 | (7.5) |  |  |
 unilat. Morbus Meniere | 27 | (13.4) | 4 | (10.0) |  |  |
 unilat. neuritis vestibularis | 4 | (2.0) | 2 | (5.0) |  |  |
 others | 16 | (7.9) | 1 | (2.5) |  |  |
Bilateral peripheral vestibular disorder: | 17 | (8.4) | 4 | (10.0) | Â | Â |
 bilat. BPPV | 2 | (1.0) | 0 |  |  |  |
 bilat. M. Meniere | 1 | (.5) | 0 |  |  |  |
 bilat. neuritis vestibularis | 4 | (2.0) | 3 | (7.5) |  |  |
 others | 10 | (5.0) | 1 | (2.5) |  |  |
Central vestibular disorder: | 73 | (36.1) | 18 | (45.0) | Â | Â |
 incomplete central compensation | 7 | (3.5) | 2 | (5.0) |  |  |
 psycho-physical vertigo | 17 | (8.4) | 2 | (5.0) |  |  |
 others (e.g. vest. Migraine) | 49 | (24.3) | 14 | (35.0) |  |  |
Multifactorial/multisensory vestibular disorder: | 39 | (19.3) | 8 | (20.0) | Â | Â |
Self percieved level of disability: n (%) | ||||||
little | 56 | (27.7) | 7 | (17.5) | Â | Â |
moderate | 100 | (49.5) | 23 | (57.5) | Â | Â |
severe | 46 | (22.8) | 10 | (25.0) | Â | Â |
UCLA 1: frequency of dizziness: n (%) | ||||||
rarely | 23 | (11.4) | 4 | (10.0) | Â | Â |
sometimes | 91 | (45.0) | 19 | (47.5) | Â | Â |
approximately half of the time | 39 | (19.3) | 10 | (25.0) | Â | Â |
usually | 34 | (16.8) | 4 | (10.0) | Â | Â |
always | 15 | (7.4) | 3 | (7.5) | Â | Â |
UCLA 2: Intensity of dizziness: n (%) | ||||||
very mild | 10 | (5.0) | 2 | (5.0) | Â | Â |
mild | 23 | (11.4) | 4 | (10.0) | Â | Â |
moderate | 78 | (38.6) | 17 | (42.5) | Â | Â |
moderately severe | 73 | (36.1) | 13 | (32.5) | Â | Â |
severe | 18 | (8.9) | 4 | (10.0) | Â | Â |
UCLA 3: dizziness induced limitations in activities or participation: n (%) | ||||||
no effect at all | 15 | (7.4) | 3 | (7.5) | Â | Â |
continuing all activities but allowance for dizziness | 39 | (19.3) | 8 | (20.0) | Â | Â |
continuing most of the activities | 79 | (39.1) | 18 | (45.0) | Â | Â |
continuing some of the activities | 51 | (25.2) | 9 | (22.5) | Â | Â |
unable to continue any of the activities | 18 | (8.9) | 2 | (5.0) | Â | Â |