Dizziness handicap inventory- in a group of patients undergoing customized vestibular rehabilitation

PURPOSE:

to describe the results obtained from the application of the DHI, pre and post customized vestibular rehabilitation in order to verify the efficiency of rehabilitation in this population.

METHODS:

the sample consisted of 10 patients with symptoms caused by disorders of the vestibular system and diagnosis of chronic vestibular dysfunction. These patients were evaluated for physical, emotional and functional aspects using the Dizziness Handicap Inventory pre and post customized vestibular rehabilitation.

RESULTS:

on the pre Dizziness Handicap Inventory it was verified that the physical aspects was the most highly scored, followed by the emotional and functional. Vestibular rehabilitation was effective, since there was a decrease in complaints concerning quality of life and better results in all the aspects evaluated in Dizziness Handicap Inventory post rehabilitation, only one patient reported improvement in emotional and functional, and worsening of the physical aspects.

CONCLUSION:

The Dizziness Handicap Inventory, Brazilian version, applied pre and post customized vestibular rehabilitation proved to be an efficient test to monitor patients undergoing vestibular rehabilitation, this device was able to show significant improvement in symptoms of chronic vertigo, and improved the quality of life of the patients in this study.

Vestibule, Labyrinth; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation; Vertigo