Table 1 Patient characteristics of 417 dizzy older patients in primary care
From: Impact of dizziness on everyday life in older primary care patients: a cross-sectional study
No. (%) of patients | |
|---|---|
Sex, female | 307 (74) |
Age in years, mean (range) | 78.5 (65-95) |
Living situation | |
Alone | 254 (61) |
In residential home | 66 (16) |
Ethnic background | |
Dutch native | 342 (82) |
Western immigrant | 31 (7) |
Non-western immigrant | 44 (11) |
Level of education | |
Elementary school | 119 (29) |
High school | 247 (59) |
College/university | 51 (12) |
Medical history | |
Cardiovascular disease | 205 (49) |
Hypertension | 239 (57) |
Diabetes | 78 (19) |
Neurologic disease | 145 (35) |
Psychiatric disease | 142 (34) |
Onset of dizziness | |
<6 months | 128 (31) |
≥6 months | 289 (69) |
Category of dizziness* | |
Disequilibrium | 360 (86) |
Presyncope | 302 (72) |
Vertigo | 259 (62) |
Atypical | 146 (42) |