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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: There exists limited information in the literature on dominant hand preference in relation with vHIT applications. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between the clinician's dominant use of right- or left-hand and vHIT results. METHODS: A Synapsys vHIT Ulmer device was used in the study. The tests were administered by 3 clinicians experienced in vHIT, 2 of whom were right-handed and 1 left-handed. The test was applied to the 94 participants three times, one week apart. RESULTS: In this study, the correlation between right-handed clinicians and left-handed clinicians was examined, and in all SCCs, namely RA, LA, RL, LL, RP and LP, a moderate positive significant correlation was found between right-handed1 and right-handed2, between right-handed1 and left-handed, and between right-handed2 and left-handed. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, these findings suggested that measures were reliable across test sessions regardless of hand dominancy (right or left). Based on the vHIT results we obtained with three different right- or left-handed clinicians, the clinician should evaluate the results according to the dominant side. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the present study is to compare individuals with and without vertigo who have experienced COVID-19 in terms of their psychological, emotional, sleep quality, and concerns about the possibility of falls. A total of 30 individuals were included in the study, including the case group with 15 subjects who were diagnosed with vertigo with past COVID-19, and the control group with 15 subjects who had past COVID-19 and were not diagnosed with vertigo. The Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were applied face-to-face to the individuals who were included in the research. Among the participants', who were included in the study; statistically significant differences in anxiety, depression, falls, and PUKI scores have been detected between the experimental and control groups (p<0.05). Of those in the control group; anxiety, depression, falls and PUKI scale scores have been found to be lower than the experimental group. Patients with vertigo who apply to the clinic must be evaluated in this respect, and clinicians must be careful in terms of the patients to receive psychological support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]