Disability perceived by primary care patients with posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

BMC Primary Care

Table 3 Total median score on the Dizziness Handicap Inventory – Screening version by subgroups of primary care patients with symptoms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

	Median [IQR]	P value*
Age group		0.187
[< 65 y) (n = 92)	16.0 [10.0–24.0]
[≥65 y) (n = 42)	12.0 [8.0–20.0]
Sex		< 0.001
Men (n = 32)	10.0 [6.0–14.0]
Women (n = 102)	16.0 [10.5–24.0]
Presence of nystagmus		0.033
No (S-BPPV) (n = 80)	16.0 [10.0–24.0]
Yes (O-BPPV) (n = 54)	12.0 [8.0–18.0]
History of anxiety and/or depression in men		0.347
No (n = 207)	11.0 [7.5–14.0]
Yes (n = 6)	8.0 [6.0–10.0]
History of anxiety and/or depression in women		0.648
No (n = 59)	16.0 [10.0–24.0]
Yes (n = 41)	16.0 [12.0–24.0]

* Calculated using the Wilcoxon test (statistical significance: p ≤ 0.05)
Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, O-BPPV objective benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, S-BPPV subjective benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Statistically significant results are presented in bold

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