title: Correlation between vestibular test results and self-reported psychological complaints of patients with vestibular symptoms.
abstract: Cognitive and emotional factors may affect balance; psychiatric conditions are a common component in patient dizziness. The treatment of patients with vertigo may be affected to a greater degree by the suffering due to this disease than by the severity of organic changes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to investigate associations between vestibular test results and self-reported psychological complaints in patients evaluated during 2009 in an audiology unit at a hospital in Porto Alegre.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a retrospective, descriptive-exploratory study of data taken from a database of the software VecWin® and VecWin® 2, developed by Neurograff®. We investigated vestibular test results, reports of psychological symptoms reported spontaneously, and information such as age, sex and the presence of vertigo and/or dizziness. This study consisted of three steps: clustering, exclusion/inclusion and quantification.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Age and gender and the presence or absence of vertigo and/or dizziness were not variables that influenced the outcomes of vestibular testing. There was a significant association between the presence of self-reported psychological complaints and normal vestibular test results. Thus, it is crucial that professionals pay attention to psychological issues reported by patients when the vestibular history is taken.
authors.affiliation: Health Science Graduate Program, UFCSPA.
authors.forename: Léia Gonçalves
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Gurgel
authors.forename: Michelle Ramos
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dourado
authors.forename: Taís de Campos
authors.initials: Tde C
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Adriana Jung
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: Isabela Hoffmeister
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Menegotto
authors.forename: Caroline Tozzi
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Reppold
authors.forename: Cristina Loureiro Chaves
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Soldera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004244:Dizziness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests