title: Health-Related Quality of Life of Children/Adolescents with Vertigo: Retrospective Study from the German Center of Vertigo and Balance Disorders.
abstract: PurposeTo assess the impact of vertigo on health-related quality of life (HrQoL) of children/adolescents and to assess if the impact on HrQoL varies by age group, gender, and type of vertigo diagnoses.MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical and HrQoL data of children and adolescents referred to the German Center of Vertigo and Balance Disorders (n= 32; male = 17; female = 15; age range: 8-18 years), using the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire. For each scale, means of the Z-scores with 95% confidence intervals of the study and norm sample were compared. By nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis statistics differences between diagnostic groups were assessed. To assess the gender- and age-specific impact of vertigo on quality of life, Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used.ResultsThe means of the physical well-being, psychological well-being, autonomy scale, and the general HrQoL index of patients were considerably lower than the means of the norm sample. The physical well-being seemed to be most affected by vertigo. The reduction of HrQoL was not related to gender and vertigo types but seemed to be higher in children suffering from vertigo aged 12 to 18 years than children aged 8 to 11 years.ConclusionThese are the first data to demonstrate impaired HrQoL in children with chronic vertigo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deissler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Albers
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: von Kries
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weinberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Thyra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Langhagen
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gerstl
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heinen
authors.affiliation: German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Campus Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: A Sebastian
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Schröder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014717:Vertigo / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*