Neurotological symptoms and academic performance of university students

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Marcia Mattos Marques¹  Mauricio Malavasi Ganança²  Carolina Mattos Marques¹  Fernando Freitas Ganança¹  Heloisa Helena Caovilla¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of São Paulo

关键词: vestibular diseases;    inner ear;    vertigo;    dizziness;    education;    doenças vestibulares;    orelha interna;    vertigem;    tontura;    educação;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2010000100006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To compare the academic performance of university students with or without neurotological symptoms. METHOD: 100 students enrolled in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate School - Medical Modality of UNIFESP-EPM in 2007 and answered a neurotological screening questionnaire. RESULTS: The symptoms presented once, sometimes, many times or always, in a decreasing order of prevalence, were headache (74.0%), difficulty with concentration (57.0%), lack of memory (45.0%), physical indisposition, nausea /dizziness when in moving vehicle (37.0%), fainting (27.0%), nausea (26.0%), sensation of fullness in the ear (26.0%), hypersensitivity to sounds (26.0%), tinnitus (22.0%), vertigo and other kinds of dizziness (21.0%), imbalance when walking (21.0%), difficulty in hearing (21.0%), imminent sensation of fainting (11.0%) and vomiting (8.0%), alone or in different associations; convulsion was not mentioned. The final academic performance score ranged from 5.1 to 10.0. CONCLUSION: University students with or without neurotological symptoms have manifested similar academic performance.

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