Application of empathy technique in patients with first benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
10.12025/j.issn.1008-6358.2025.20250136
- VernacularTitle:共情技术在首次良性阵发性位置性眩晕发作患者中的应用效果
- Author:
Cailian FEI
1
;
Juan XIE
1
;
Jingyi ZHANG
1
;
Yu WANG
1
;
Fei LI
1
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of PLA Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
- Publication Type:Monographicreport:Multi-disciplinarydiagnosisandtreatmentofvertigo
- Keywords:
empathy technology;
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo;
anxiety;
depression;
quality of life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine
2025;32(2):188-194
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effects of empathy technology on emotion regulation, sleep improvement and quality of life improvement in patients with first benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Methods A total of 100 patients with the first BPPV in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University from December 2023 to November 2024 were selected, and were divided into control group and observation group by random number table method. The patients in both groups received routine reduction treatment and outpatient follow-up every 3 months after discharge, with a total of 4 follow-up visits. The patients in control group received routine health and psychological education; on this basis, the patients in observation group received empathy technique intervention before, during, after reposition and during follow-up. The emotion, sleep and quality of life scales were evaluated before intervention and at the 4th outpatient follow-up. The recurrence rates of BPPV within 1 year after discharge were compared between the two groups. Results One year after discharge, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS), symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scores in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, and multi-dimensional quality of life scores in the observation group was higher than that in the control group. These differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05). The recurrence rate of BPPV in the observation group was lower than that in the control group 1 year after discharge (P＜0.05). Conclusions Empathy technology intervention can further improve emotion, sleep quality, and quality of life, but reduce disease recurrence rate in first BPPV patients receiving routine treatment and health education, so it can be widely used in clinical practice.
