Quality of life of individuals submitted to vestibular rehabilitation.
Balance disorders affect social, family and professional activities. Vestibular rehabilitation can reduce the impact of these disorders on the quality of life of individuals with vertigo.


OBJECTIVE
to study the influence of vestibular rehabilitation on the quality of life of individuals, correlating it with gender, age, results from computerized vectoelectronystagmography and vertigo.


METHODS
Retrospective.


METHODS
Twenty-two individuals were submitted to customized vestibular rehabilitation and the Brazilian Dizziness Handicap Inventory - DHI before and after vestibular rehabilitation. Results from this questionnaire were correlated with gender, age, vestibular assessment and the presence of vertigo.


RESULTS
all the DHI scores reduced significantly after vestibular rehabilitation. There were no differences among genders; adults and elderly patients; irritative peripheral vestibular syndromes; deficiency syndromes and normal exams; the presence or absence of vertigo.


CONCLUSIONS
all the individuals had improvements in their quality of life after customized vestibular rehabilitation.
Patatas
Olívia Helena Gomes
OH
Human Communications Disorders Graduate Program, UNIFESP.
Ganança
Cristina Freitas
CF
Ganança
Fernando Freitas
FF
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004244:Dizziness / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004584:Electronystagmography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014717:Vertigo / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D055815:Young Adult