Yardley L, Luxon L M, Haacke N P
Department of Psychology, University College London, UK.
Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci. 1994 Apr;19(2):109-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1994.tb01192.x.
In a prospective longitudinal study of the relationship between symptoms and anxiety in people with vertigo, 101 patients were evaluated on two occasions separated by a 7 month interval. At Time 1 the age, gender, vertigo type, duration of illness, medication, and audiovestibular test results of patients were recorded, and they completed questionnaires assessing handicap, emotional distress, predisposition to anxiety, and symptoms indicative of vertigo and of somatic anxiety. These questionnaires were re-administered at Time 2, and patients also indicated whether their vertigo was more or less severe than at Time 1. Although vertiginous symptoms at Time 2 were generally mild and intermittent, they were associated with significant handicap. Reported symptoms of somatic anxiety and arousal at Time 1 proved to be the only longitudinal predictors of perceived change in vertigo severity over the 7 month period.
在一项关于眩晕患者症状与焦虑之间关系的前瞻性纵向研究中，101名患者在两次评估中接受了检查，两次评估间隔7个月。在时间1时，记录了患者的年龄、性别、眩晕类型、病程、用药情况以及听前庭测试结果，并且他们完成了评估残疾、情绪困扰、焦虑倾向以及眩晕和躯体焦虑症状的问卷。这些问卷在时间2时再次发放，患者还指出他们的眩晕比时间1时更严重还是更轻。尽管时间2时的眩晕症状通常较轻且为间歇性，但它们与严重的残疾相关。时间1时报告的躯体焦虑和唤醒症状被证明是7个月期间眩晕严重程度感知变化的唯一纵向预测因素。
