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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 203 patients with dizziness

From: Health-related quality of life and emotional distress in patients with dizziness: a cross-sectional approach to disentangle their relationship

 

Mean (median)

SD (range)

Age, years

44.6 (45.0)

12.0 (19–65)

Duration of dizziness, weeks

174.4 (58)

294.3 (1–1976)

Frequency of dizziness, times/week

5.2 (7)

2.3 (0–7)

Sick leave, days/12 months

38.2 (2)

92.1 (0–365)

SF-36

  

  MCS-36

41.9

12.2

  PCS-36

41.6

10.7

DHI total score

46.0

24.4

  DHIF

17.1

10.4

  DHIP

13.9

7.5

  DHIE

15.1

9.3

HADS

13.5

8.4

 

Number of Patients

%

Sex, female/male

106/97

52.2/47.8

Working status, yes/no

140/59

69.0/29.1

Education

  

  No degree/basic school education

36

18.2

  Apprenticeship/High school diploma

117

57.6

  University degree

45

22.2

Characteristics of dizziness

  

  Permanent

70

34.5

  Attacks

125

61.6

  vertigo

48

24.2

  Non-vertigo

13

6.6

  Mixed (vertigo and non-vertigo)

137

67.5

  1. MCS-36: mental health component summary score, PCS-36: physical health component summary score; DHI total: Dizziness Handicap Inventory total sum score, DHIP: DHI physical scale, DHIE: DHI emotional scale, DHIF: DHI functional scale; HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression scale.