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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2021

Deanxit can improve the dizziness, anxiety, and quality of life of patients with chronic subjective dizziness.

Xiangjie Chen, Jing Cheng, Jianrui Gong

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiangjie ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Fourth People's Hospital of Kunshan Kunshan 215331, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jing ChengDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Fourth People's Hospital of Kunshan Kunshan 215331, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jianrui GongDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Fourth People's Hospital of Kunshan Kunshan 215331, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jiangsu University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study was designed to analyze the clinical effectiveness of Deanxit (DEA) for treating chronic subjective dizziness (CSD).

methodsA total of 110 CSD patients (all from a community survey) admitted to our hospital from August 2018 to August 2020 were recruited as the study cohort. Among them, 60 who underwent DEA treatment were placed in the research group (RG) and 50 who underwent basic treatment were placed in the control group (CG). The two groups' efficacy, their dizziness disability rating scale (DHI) scores, the improvement in their clinical symptoms (duration of dizziness, frequency of dizziness attacks), their anxiety and depression (i.e., their Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) scores) and their Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD)) scores, their sleep quality and their quality of life (short form 36 (SF-36) health survey scores) were observed and compared.

resultsCompared with the CG, the DHI scores, the dizziness durations, the number of dizziness attacks and the HAMA and HAMD scores in the RG were markedly lower than they were in the CG, and the sleep quality levels and SF-36 scores were higher than they were in the CG.

conclusionDEA treatment helps to improve the dizziness, anxiety, and quality of life of CSD patients.

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anxietychronic subjective dizzinessDeanxitdizzinessquality of life

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PMID34540052
PMCPMC8430134
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