ArticleBMC geriatrics2016
Prevalence of and factors related to mild and substantial dizziness in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.
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- Dizziness in older persons at high risk of future hospitalization: prevalence, differences between those with and without dizziness, and effect of a proactive primary care intervention.BMC geriatrics · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention for dizziness in older people in primary care: A cluster randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2018Trial
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- [Dizziness in old age].Die Ophthalmologie · 2025Review
- Medications associated with dizziness or hypotension and adverse outcomes: an electronic health record study in older adults with dementia.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- [Dizziness in old age].HNO · 2025Review
- [Dizziness in old age].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025Review
- Prevalence and Related Factors of Dizziness Among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ardakan City, Iran.Current aging science · 2024Article
- A tool for safer prescribing in vulnerable adults: the continuing development of the Medichec app and website.BJPsych bulletin · 2023Review
- Dizziness in Saudi Arabia: An epidemiologic study.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Estimating the causal effect of frailty index on vestibular disorders: A two-sample Mendelian randomization.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Adaptation of Participation Scale Short Simplified Questionnaire into Indonesian Language and the Psychometric Properties in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Vestibular Dysfunction.Rehabilitation research and practice · 2022Article
- Predicting an Unfavorable Course of Dizziness in Older Patients.Annals of family medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundDizziness is highly prevalent among older people and associated with many health factors. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of and factors related to dizziness among community-dwelling older adults in Sweden. In contrast to previous studies, the subjects with dizziness were divided into two groups, mild and substantial dizziness, according to the frequency and intensity of dizziness.
methodsA sample of 305 older persons between 75 and 90 years of age (mean age 81 years) were interviewed and examined. Subjects with dizziness answered the University of California Los Angeles Dizziness Questionnaire and questions about provoking movements. The groups with substantial, mild, or no dizziness were compared with regard to age, sex, diseases, drugs, blood pressure, physical activity, exercises, falls, fear of falling, quality of life, general health, mobility aids, and physical performance.
resultsIn this sample, 79 subjects experienced substantial and 46 mild dizziness. Subjects with substantial dizziness were less physically active, reported more fear of falling, falls, depression/anxiety, diabetes, stroke/TIA, heart disease, a higher total number of drugs and antihypertensive drugs, lower quality of life and general health, and performed worse physically.
conclusionsThere are many and complex associations between dizziness and factors like falls, diseases, drugs, physical performance, and activity. For most of these factors, the associations are stronger in subjects with substantial dizziness compared with subjects with mild or no dizziness; therefore, it is relevant to differ between mild and substantial dizziness symptoms in research and clinical practice in the future.
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