Prevalence of anxiety and depression before idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo episode
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006-7876.2017.05.010
- VernacularTitle:特发性良性阵发性位置性眩晕患者发病前焦虑抑郁情况的调查
- Author:
Mingyong LIU
;
Lichun ZHOU
- Keywords:
Vertigo;
Anxiety;
Depression;
Mood disorders
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
2017;50(5):358-361
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence of anxiety and depression one month before idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) episode. Methods Patients from Vertigo Clinic of Department of Neurology, West Campus, Chaoyang Hospital, were enrolled from January 2014 to June 2016. For patients with first visiting idiopathic BPPV, Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Hamilton Depression Scale were used at the consulting room by an experienced neurologist to reflect the emotional state one month before idiopathic BPPV episode. The occurrence rate of mood disorders was compared with usual model. Results One hundred and eighty five patients with idiopathic BPPV, aged 28 to 82 (57.6±12.0) years, 19.5% (36/185) being male, 80.5% (149/185) being female, were enrolled into this research. No anxiety, probable anxiety, definite anxiety and severe anxiety accounted for 15.1% (28/185), 33.0% (61/185), 47.6% (88/185) and 4.3% (8/185), respectively;no depression, probable depression, definite depression and severe depression accounted for 18.4% (34/185), 48.6% (90/185), 29.2% (54/185) and 3.8% (7/185), respectively;no mood disorders, probable mood disorders, definite mood disorders and severe mood disorders accounted for 11.4% (21/185), 33.5% (62/185), 49.2% (91/185) and 5.9% (11/185), respectively;total definite mood disorders and severe mood disorders accounted for 55.1% (102/185), higher than usual model (14.4%)Conclusion Anxiety and depression is common before idiopathic BPPV episode.
