title: [A pre- and post-treatment study of quality of life in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of canalith repositioning procedure (CRP) on the quality of life (QOL) in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV).
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 86 patients with BPPV (treatment group) and 120 normal ones (control group) were reviewed through the medical outcomes study short form (SF-36)and the dizziness handicap inventory (DHI), and the results of two groups were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With SF-36 scales for evaluation of QOL, the results showed that the scores of treatment group before CRP were significantly lower than that of the control group (P < 0.05). While using of DHI scales in evaluation of the treatment group patients before CRP, the results were significantly higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). After CRP for 3 months, not only with SF-36 scales but also with DHI scales, there were no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CRP may obviously improve the clinical symptom of BPPV patients. The SF-36 and DHI scales could reflect the change of BPPV patient's QOL.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Traditional Chinese Medical College, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
authors: Xiangdong
authors: X
authors: Guo
authors: Qinglin
authors: Q
authors: Wang
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Zhicheng
authors: Z
authors: Zhang
authors: Xiao
authors: X
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D065635:Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000628:therapy*