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Table 3 Distribution of patients and symptom scores according to diagnosis

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

Diagnostic groups

N (%)d

VSS-SF

mean (SD)

VSS-V

standardized mean (SD)

VSS-A

standardized mean (SD)

Dizzy

    

Menière's disease

64 (72)

15.95 (10.28)

1.13 (0.78)

0.99 (0.75)

Vestibular schwannoma

23 (61)

13.00 (7.11)

0.84 (0.59)

0.90 (0.59)

Benign positional vertigo

61 (69)

17.49 (10.19)

1.29 (0.83)

1.03 (0.79)

Vestibular neuritis

60 (68)

18.12 (10.43)

1.25 (0.83)

1.15 (0.73)

Non-otogenic dizziness

111 (86)

17.87 (10.49)

1.23 (0.84)

1.15 (0.77)

Cervical dizziness

46 (74)

17.65 (9.58)

1.24 (0.80)

1.11 (0.70)

Total dizzy sub-group

365 (74)

17.18 (10.13)

1.20 (0.81)

1.08 (0.74)

Not dizzy

    

Menière's disease

25 (28)

5.52 (8.13)

0.23 (0.45)

0.53 (0.71)

Vestibular schwannoma

15 (40)

2.47 (3.46)

0.11 (0.19)

0.23 (0.32)

Benign positional vertigo

27 (31)

5.89 (9.94)

0.35 (0.75)

0.44 (0.61)

Vestibular neuritis

28 (32)

3.50 (5.07)

0.15 (0.30)

0.33 (0.44)

Non-otogenic dizziness

18 (14)

5.83 (7.63)

0.21 (0.51)

0.59 (0.73)

Cervical dizziness

16 (26)

6.75 (5.95)

0.29 (0.33)

0.63 (0.55)

Total not dizzy sub-group

129 (26)

5.00 (7.28)

0.23 (0.48)

0.46 (0.59)

  1. Number of participants and distribution according to diagnostic category and scores on the Vertigo Symptom Scale Short Form (VSS-SF), the vertigo/balance (VSS-Va) and the autonomic/anxiety (VSS-Ab) sub-scales according to dizziness and diagnostic groupc in N = 494 patients examined in the period 1992–2001 in Bergen, Norway
  2. a VSS-V sum score divided by number of scale items (8)
  3. b VSS-A sum score divided by number of scale items (7)
  4. c Analyses of variance showed significant differences between dizzy and not dizzy patients for all scales (VSS-SF, VSS-V, VSS-A). The difference was significantly larger for VSS-V than for VSS-A. Diagnostic group had no significant effect on any of the scales
  5. SD: Standard deviation