Table 1 Data of BPPV patients in the distinct referral groups
From: Awareness of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in central Israel
Referral group (No. of patients) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients' data | BPPV (31) | Unspecified (44) | p* | Dizziness (33) | p* | Other (12) | p* |
Age (years) | 51.1 ± 15.3 | 59.6 ± 5.5 | 0.01 | 59.5 ± 16.3 | 0.01 | 54.4 ± 16.4 | ns* |
Sex (men) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | |||
Duration (months) | 1.3 ± 1 | 5.8 ± 9.8 | 0.02 | 3.8 ± 6.1 | 0.01 | 2.3 ± 3.3 | ns |
Recognition of position dependence** | 100% | 32% | 0.000 | 24% | 0.000 | 17% | 0.000 |
Autonomic symptoms | 32% | 41% | ns | 45% | ns | 8% | ns |
Typical history*** | 97% | 86% | ns | 91% | ns | 83% | ns |
Brain imaging | 6% | 14% | ns | 12% | ns | 42% | 0.005 |
Audiogram | 35% | 32% | ns | 52% | ns | 50% | ns |
BERA | 32% | 27% | ns | 48% | ns | 50% | ns |
ENG | 0% | 7% | ns | 12% | 0.04 | 17% | 0.01 |
BPPV in the past | 26% | 20% | ns | 42% | ns | 8% | ns |
Other severe illness | 39% | 52% | ns | 58% | ns | 33% | ns |