The Impact of Patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo on State-Trait Anxiety
10.3969/j.issn.1006-7299.2017.03.009
- VernacularTitle:良性阵发性位置性眩晕患者焦虑状态分析
- Author:
Juanjuan FENG
;
Zexing CHENG
- Keywords:
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV);
Anxiety;
State-trait anxiety inventory;
Questionnaires
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
2017;25(3):254-257
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the anxiety condition of patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and the relationship among the different genders, ages and education levels and anxiety.Methods The general information and a history of 58 patients diagnosed as BPPV were studied.State-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) was adopted to 58 cases of BPPV and compared with the Chinese standard norm.SPSS 19.0 software was used to analyze the data.Results There was no significant difference in trait anxiety (T-AI) score (Pm:0.539;Pf:0.924) between male and female patients with BPPV and the 1998 Chinese male and female norm.The S-AI scores were significantly higher in male and female BPPV patients than that in Chinese men and women norm scores (Pm:0.033;Pf:0.01).There was no significant difference in trait anxiety (T-AI) score (P:0.674;P:0.349;P:0.077) between patients with different genders, ages and education levels.There was significant difference in state anxiety (S-AI) score (P:0.046;P:0.02;P:0.035) between patients with different genders, ages and education levels.The anxiety degrees of BPPV in man, elderly people, higher degree of education were higher than those of in woman, young and middle-age, lower degree of education.Conclusion The patients with BPPV have anxiety condition, but there is no obvious anxiety potential in T-AI.The anxiety degree of BPPV in man, elderly people, higher degree of education was higher than those of in woman, young and middle-age, lower degree of education.Therefore, the correct psychological assessment and psychological intervention were required throughout the whole course of BPPV treatment and rehabilitation.
