Titre du document / Document title

The prevalence and characteristics of dizziness in an elderly community

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

COLLEDGE N. R. ; WILSON J. A. ; MACINTYRE C. C. A. ; MACLENNAN W. J. ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

Univ. Edinburgh, city hosp., geriatric medicine unit, Edinburgh EH10 5SB, ROYAUME-UNI

Résumé / Abstract

A postal questionnaire was sent to 1000 subjects aged over 65 years randomly selected from the age/sex register of five group practices, 90% of subjects returning adequate information. Thirty per cent of responders reported dizziness; 27% of these had symptoms more than once per month and 37% had symptoms which lasted longer than 1 minute. Dizziness was most commonly provoked by postural change and head and neck movement. The prevalence of dizziness increased with age and was higher in women but these differences were not statistically significant. The prevalence of symptoms occurring more than once per month was significantly greater with increasing age (p=0.0003)

Revue / Journal Title

Age and ageing   ISSN 0002-0729 

Source / Source

1994, vol. 23, n^o2, pp. 117-120 (16 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Oxford University Press, Oxford, ROYAUME-UNI  (1972) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Prevalence ; Epidemiology ; Symptomatology ; Great Britain ; Elderly ; Vertige ; United Kingdom ; Europe ; Human ; Nervous system diseases ; Equilibrium disorder ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Prévalence ; Epidémiologie ; Symptomatologie ; Grande Bretagne ; Vieillard ; Vertige ; Royaume Uni ; Europe ; Homme ; Système nerveux pathologie ; Trouble équilibre ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Prevalencia ; Epidemiología ; Sintomatología ; Gran Bretaña ; Anciano ; Vértigo ; Reino Unido ; Europa ; Hombre ; Sistema nervioso patología ; Trastorno equilibrio ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 16400, 35400004947660.0070