Graphic representation of the burden of suffering in dizziness patients

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Michael Rufer⁴  Stefan Büchi²  Stefan Hegemann¹  Dominik Straumann³  Hanspeter Moergeli⁴  Annette Beatrix Bruehl⁵  Steffi Weidt⁴ 

[1] Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland;Department for Psychosomatics, Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Hohenegg, Meilen, Switzerland;Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland;Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Culmannstrasse 8, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland;Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

关键词: PRISM;    Graphic representation;    Emotional distress;    Dizziness;    Burden of suffering;   

Others  :  1133908
DOI  :  10.1186/s12955-014-0184-2

 received in 2014-07-24, accepted in 2014-12-03,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Dizziness adversely affects an individual’s well-being. However, its impact is not only influenced by its physical manifestations, but also by its subjective importance to the patient. Appropriately assessing the subjective burden of dizziness is difficult. The Pictorial-Representation of Illness- and Self-Measure (PRISM), on which patients illustrate the distance between their ‘self’ and their illness, has been documented to indicate the perception of suffering in several different illnesses. Our study objectives were (1) to assess how useful the PRISM is in patients with dizziness; and (2) to determine which clinical, emotional and sociodemographic factors contribute to their burden of suffering.

Methods

A total of 177 outpatients with dizziness completed this cross-sectional study, in which the following measures were assessed of suffering rated using the PRISM tool; dizziness-related variables, like emotional distress (Hospital Anxiety and Depression-Scale, HADS); self-perceived severity of dizziness (Dizziness Handicap Inventory, DHI); and sociodemographic variables.

Results

Regression analyses identified the strongest association between PRISM-rated suffering and DHI (p < 0.001), explaining 34% of the variance in PRISM-rated suffering. The HADS score and having continuous dizziness versus transient attacks each explained roughly 2% of the variance in suffering. No significant associations with PRISM-rated suffering were found for sociodemographic variables or other dizziness characteristics.

Conclusions

The PRISM is applicable to patients suffering from dizziness, demonstrating a significant association with the severity of dizziness and reliably distinguishing between those with low and high intensities of dizziness. The PRISM also reflects the multi-factorial aspects of suffering. Due to its immediate, timesaving and economical use, the PRISM could enable clinicians to identify vulnerable patients at risk for chronic symptoms and distress. Whether the PRISM can detect improvements and worsening of symptoms during treatment warrants further research.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Weidt et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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