[Guided home-based vestibular rehabilitation assisted by audiovisual media].
BACKGROUND
To describe the creation and validation process of a new audiovisual support model for the design of guided home-based vestibular rehabilitation programs (GHVR), we introduce a prospective experimental study.


METHODS
89 patients who underwent vestibular rehabilitation (VR) were evaluated throughout 2009. For the model design, we built a video library with VR exercises that can be combined using DVD creation software to tailor VR protocols. Treatment incidents, adherence, need to convert to a posturography-based program and variations in the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) score and dynamic visual acuity (DVA) were assessed.


RESULTS
A good response was found, not only with respect to adherence (5.6% abandonment), but also in the clinical parameters, with a mean DHI score variation of 33.14 points, and a decrease in lines lost in the DVA test from 4.24 to 1.52 lines at the end of the treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study results show the possibility of building an audiovisual aid for creating GHVR programs.
Trinidad Ruiz
Gabriel
G
Unidad de Otoneurología, Servicio de ORL, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, España. gtrinidad@gmail.com
Domínguez Pedroso
Mónica
M
Cruz de la Piedad
Eduardo
E
Solís Vázquez
Raquel
R
Samaniego Regalado
Beatriz
B
Rejas Ugena
Eladio
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D055815:Young Adult