The Italian version SF-36 14 (link) includes 36 items divided
into 8 scales: Physical Functioning (10 questions),
Physical Role (4 questions), Body Pain (2 questions),
General Health (5 questions), Vitality (4 questions), Social
Functioning (2 questions), Emotional Role (4 questions)
and Mental Health (5 questions). The 8 scales
were scored individually and then combined, resulting
in a scale ranging from 0 to 100; the highest score indicates
the best health while the lowest score denotes
poor health.
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the
"G.B. Grassi" Hospital of Rome (Protocol no. 60037). All
patients signed the specific informed consent forms.
Patients suffering from acute dizziness from 1 day to 30
days were recruited in the operative unit of ENT "G.B.
Grassi" Hospital of Rome between July 2009 and February
2010. Patients included in the study suffered from
at least one of the following vestibular disorders: benign
paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), vestibular neuritis
and uncompensated vestibular hypo-function; exclusion
criteria were dizziness due to cardio-vascular disease and
neurological disease.
After a careful and detailed anamnesis, all patients underwent
pure-tone audiometry, tympanometry, Dix-
Hallpike manoeuvre, McClure manoeuvre, Head Shaking
Test (HST), caloric labyrinth stimulation according
to the Fitzgerald-Hallpike method and Vestibular Evoked
Myogenic Potential (VEMP). The patients with vestibular
neuritis were treated with a therapeutic protocol with
beclomethasone i.m. (intramuscularly), 4 mg twice a day
for 8 days, and Vanciclovir, 400 mg twice a day, for 20
days. Our patients self-administered the DHI-I and Italian
SF-36, followed by a neurological and psychological
evaluation.
into 8 scales: Physical Functioning (10 questions),
Physical Role (4 questions), Body Pain (2 questions),
General Health (5 questions), Vitality (4 questions), Social
Functioning (2 questions), Emotional Role (4 questions)
and Mental Health (5 questions). The 8 scales
were scored individually and then combined, resulting
in a scale ranging from 0 to 100; the highest score indicates
the best health while the lowest score denotes
poor health.
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the
"G.B. Grassi" Hospital of Rome (Protocol no. 60037). All
patients signed the specific informed consent forms.
Patients suffering from acute dizziness from 1 day to 30
days were recruited in the operative unit of ENT "G.B.
Grassi" Hospital of Rome between July 2009 and February
2010. Patients included in the study suffered from
at least one of the following vestibular disorders: benign
paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), vestibular neuritis
and uncompensated vestibular hypo-function; exclusion
criteria were dizziness due to cardio-vascular disease and
neurological disease.
After a careful and detailed anamnesis, all patients underwent
pure-tone audiometry, tympanometry, Dix-
Hallpike manoeuvre, McClure manoeuvre, Head Shaking
Test (HST), caloric labyrinth stimulation according
to the Fitzgerald-Hallpike method and Vestibular Evoked
Myogenic Potential (VEMP). The patients with vestibular
neuritis were treated with a therapeutic protocol with
beclomethasone i.m. (intramuscularly), 4 mg twice a day
for 8 days, and Vanciclovir, 400 mg twice a day, for 20
days. Our patients self-administered the DHI-I and Italian
SF-36, followed by a neurological and psychological
evaluation.