Sao Paulo Bandeirante University, Brazil.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Nov-Dec;76(6):769-75. doi: 10.1590/S1808-86942010000600016.
Dizziness is frequent in elderly people.
To evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) in elderly subjects with dizziness, relate it with gender and age.
A prospective study comprising 120 elderly patients with dizziness evaluated with Brazilian versions of the Whoqol-bref and the dizziness handicap inventory (DHI). The factor analysis (FA), the Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests, and the Spearman correlation were applied to study the results.
The most compromised domains were the DHI physical domain and the Whoqol-bref physical and environment domains. FA resulted in 3 factors in the DHI and 5 factors in the Whoqol-bref. There was a moderate correlation (-0.596) in the total scores of both instruments. Males had a better QoL in the "environment perception and introspectivity" and "health perception" factors of the Whoqol-bref test. Females had a better QoL in the "functionality perception" factor of the Whoqol-bref test. There were no significant age differences.
Elderly patients with dizziness have a worse QoL. Elderly females with dizziness have worse QoL scores in "environment perception and introspectivity" and "health perception" and better QoL in the "functionality perception" factor compared to elderly males.
头晕在老年人中很常见。
评估有头晕的老年人的生活质量（QoL），并将其与性别和年龄相关联。
一项前瞻性研究包括 120 名有头晕的老年患者，他们接受了巴西版的 WHOQOL-BREF 和头晕残疾量表（DHI）评估。应用因子分析（FA）、Mann-Whitney 和 Kruskal-Wallis 检验以及Spearman 相关分析来研究结果。
最受影响的领域是 DHI 身体领域以及 WHOQOL-BREF 身体和环境领域。FA 在 DHI 中产生了 3 个因素，在 WHOQOL-BREF 中产生了 5 个因素。两个仪器的总分之间存在中度相关性（-0.596）。男性在 WHOQOL-BREF 测试的“环境感知和内省”和“健康感知”因素方面具有更好的 QoL。女性在 WHOQOL-BREF 测试的“功能感知”因素方面具有更好的 QoL。年龄之间没有显著差异。
有头晕的老年患者生活质量较差。与老年男性相比，有头晕的老年女性在“环境感知和内省”以及“健康感知”方面的 QoL 评分较差，而在“功能感知”方面的 QoL 较好。
