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Working-age adults' perspectives on living with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness: a qualitative exploratory study.
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- Non-pharmacological interventions for persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Pharmacological interventions for persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- What are the views of those participating in a trial investigating acute post-traumatic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo? A qualitative study.Brain injury · 2025Trial
- Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Patient Communication.European journal of neurology · 2026Review
- Neurotransmitter regulatory networks in persistent postural-perceptual dizziness: potential mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) and quality of life: a cross-sectional study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Article
- V-CarE-A Conceptual Design Model for Providing COVID-19 Pandemic Awareness: Proposal for a Virtual Reality Design Approach to Facilitate People With Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- A Pilot Study to Assess Visual Vertigo in People with Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness with a New Computer-Based Tool.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Optimizing vestibular neuritis management with modular strategies.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Using interpretative phenomenological analysis to probe the lived experiences of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD).Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation · 2023Article
- Factors associated with dynamic balance in people with Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD): a cross-sectional study using a virtual-reality Four Square Step Test.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Visually-induced dizziness is associated with sensitivity and avoidance across all senses.Journal of neurology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo (a) explore the experiences of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD), formerly chronic subjective dizziness on the personal, work and social lives of working-age adults; (b) enhance current understandings of the condition and its impact on the lives of working-age adults and (c) highlight points for consideration and importance to clinical practice.
methodsThis qualitative exploratory study drew on interpretive descriptive methodology. Working-age adults (n=8) diagnosed with PPPD were recruited from a single New Zealand community-based specialist clinic. Data from interviews (n=8) and postinterview reflections (n=2) were analysed using thematic analysis.
resultsThree themes were constructed: (1) It sounds like I'm crazy-referring to the lack of medical, social and self-validation associated with PPPD; (2) I'm a shadow of my former self-representing the impact of the condition on sense of self and life trajectory and (3) How will I survive?- highlighting individual coping processes.
conclusionThis study contributed to the existing body of knowledge by highlighting the complexity and fluidity of experiencing PPPD. It also drew attention to the tension between the acute illness framework that forms the basis of many therapeutic interactions and the enduring psychosocial support needs of the person experiencing PPPD. The findings highlighted that contextual factors need to be taken into account and that a person-centred and biopsychosocial approach, rather than a condition-specific biomedical approach, is needed for care to be perceived as meaningful and satisfactory.
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