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Dizziness in a Community Elderly Population
Author(s) -
Sloane Philip,
Blazer Dan,
George Linda K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb05867.x
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , depression (economics) , institutionalisation , population , activities of daily living , gerontology , vertigo , epidemiology , demography , physical therapy , pediatrics , psychiatry , surgery , environmental health , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
Dizziness was studied in 1,622 community‐dwelling adults aged 60 and older who were interviewed as part of the Duke Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. The lifetime prevalence of dizziness (defined as severe enough to see a physician, to take a medication, or to interfere with daily activities) was 29.3%; the 1‐year prevalence was 18.2%. When the subgroup with dizziness was compared with those who never suffered dizziness, using logistic regression, four variables displayed the strongest associations: a constructed variable of risk for multiple neurosensory deficits, a cardiovascular risk score, a depression symptom inventory, and perception of self as a nervous person. In this population, dizziness was not associated with increased risk of death or institutionalization at the 1‐year follow up.