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Table 1 Demographic attributes of the groups and subgroups

From: Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Vertigo symptom scale–short form in the central Kurdish dialect

 

Total Patients

Reliability subgroup

Presentation subgroupsa

Healthy group

Acute

Chronic

Episodic

 

n = 165

n = 76

n = 39

n = 85

n = 41

n = 30

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Women

93

56.4

38

50

21

53.8

53

62.4

19

46.3

18

60

Age (year)b

45

±16

45

±17

45

±15

42

±16

53

±13

35

±18.6

Durationbc

4.5

±11.8

4.1

±14.7

0.5

±0.13

7.1

±14.9

3

±8.6

  

Educational Level

 No or Primaryd

92

55.8

43

56.6

21

53.9

41

48.3

30

73.2

5

16.7

 Secondaryd

42

25.5

19

25.0

9

23.1

28

32.9

5

12.2

20

66.7

 Graduate & Post graduate

31

18.8

14

18.5

9

23.1

16

18.9

6

14.6

5

16.6

Diagnosis

 Labyrinthitis

1

0.5

1

1.3

1

2.6

0

0

0

0

  

 BPPV

17

8.7

7

9.2

2

5.1

0

0

15

36.6

  

 MD

18

9.2

11

14.5

2

5.1

4

4.7

12

29.3

  

 UPVH

59

30.2

28

36.8

32

82

18

21.2

9

22

  

 VM

15

7.7

5

6.6

2

5.1

9

10.6

4

9.8

  

 Other VDe

55

28.2

24

31.6

0

0

54

63.5

1

2.4

  
  1. Note: aNature of the symptoms at the time of rating not related to disorders or syndromes; bMean and ± Standard Deviation; cDuration in month; dSchools; eNo specific diagnosis could be identified
  2. Abbreviations: BPPV Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, MD Meniere’s Disease; UPVH Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular Hypofunction, VM Vestibular Migraine, VD Vestibular Disorders