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| العنوان: |
Chronic vestibular syndromes in the elderly: Presbyvestibulopathy—an isolated clinical entity? |
| المؤلفون: |
Müller, Katharina Johanna, Becker‐Bense, Sandra, Strobl, Ralf, Grill, Eva, Dieterich, Marianne |
| المصدر: |
European Journal of Neurology; Jun2022, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p1825-1835, 11p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
OLDER patients, OLDER people, MENTAL illness, VESTIBULAR apparatus diseases, SYNDROMES, VERTIGO, QUALITY of life |
| مستخلص: |
Background and purpose: Recently, the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society defined the new syndrome of "presbyvestibulopathy" for elderly patients with chronic vestibular symptoms due to a mild bilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction. However, control of stance and gait requires multiple functioning systems, for example, the somatosensory, visual, auditory, musculoskeletal, and cardio‐ and cerebrovascular systems. The aim of this cross‐sectional database‐driven study was to evaluate the frequency and characteristics of presbyvestibulopathy and additional gait‐relevant comorbidities. Methods: In total, 707 patients aged ≥60 years with chronic vertigo/dizziness were admitted to our tertiary hospital and received detailed neurological, neuro‐orthoptic, and laboratory audiovestibular examination. Medical history, comorbidities, functional impairment, and quality of life (Dizziness Handicap Inventory [DHI], European Quality of Life Scale, Vestibular Activities and Participation) were compared between presbyvestibulopathy and bilateral vestibulopathy in a matched‐paired study. Results: In 95.5% of patients, complaints were better accounted for by another vestibular, neurological, cardiac, or psychiatric disease, and 32 patients (4.5%) met the diagnostic criteria for presbyvestibulopathy. Of these 32 patients, the majority showed further relevant comorbidities in other sensorimotor systems. Only one patient of 707 had "isolated" presbyvestibulopathy (0.14%). The mean total DHI scores indicated lower moderate impairment in presbyvestibulopathy than in bilateral vestibulopathy (40.6 vs. 49.0), which was confirmed by significant differences in the matched‐paired analysis (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Isolated presbyvestibulopathy is a very rare entity. It is regularly accompanied by other multisensory dysfunctions. These results indicate a potential role of mild vestibular hypofunction as a cofactor in multifactorial impairment. Thus, patients should be treated in an interdisciplinary setting with an awareness of diverse comorbidities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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