Skip to main content

Table 2 Symptom scores in total sample

From: Long-term symptoms in dizzy patients examined in a university clinic

Diagnostic groups

VSS-SF

mean (SD)

VSS-V

mean (SD)

VSS-A

mean (SD)

Menière's disease

12.89 (10.70)

6.91 (6.36)

5.98 (5.21)

Vestibular schwannoma

8.65 (7.71)

4.35 (4.66)

4.30 (4.12)

Benign positional vertigo

13.80 (11.38)

7.92 (7.32)

5.88 (5.47)

Vestibular neuritis

13.43 (11.28)

7.15 (7.00)

6.28 (5.26)

Non-otogenic dizziness

16.24 (10.90)

8.72 (6.98)

7.52 (5.49)

Cervical dizziness

14.84 (9.98)

7.94 (6.55)

6.90 (4.85)

Total group

13.92 (10.82)

7.52 (6.79)

6.39 (5.28)

  1. The Vertigo Symptom Scale Short Form (VSS-SF), the vertigo/balance sub-scale (VSS-V) and autonomic/anxiety sub-scale (VSS-A) according to diagnostic groups in N = 494 patients examined in the period 1992–2001 in Bergen, Norway
  2. SD: Standard deviation