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Disability in Meniere's Disease
- Source :
- Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 121:29-33
- Publication Year :
- 1995
- Publisher :
- American Medical Association (AMA), 1995.
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Abstract
- Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of disability among patients with Meniere's disease, information needed by clinicians when evaluating patients for coverage under the Americans With Disabilities Act. We hypothesized that the unpredictability of vertiginous episodes or "Meniere's attacks" would be the most disabling problem, combined with the lack of a safe place to sit down during Meniere's attacks. Design: All patients seen in the otolaryngology faculty practice at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, and diagnosed as having Meniere's disease over a 3-year period were sent a self-administered questionnaire. Setting: This practice is located at a tertiary care center. Subjects: One hundred forty-nine potential subjects constituted the pool, from which data from 50 subjects provided complete data sets. Results: The data from 50 adults suggested that the most problematic symptom was vertigo, followed by hearing loss. The unpredictability of Meniere's attacks and the lack of a safe place to rest during attacks was a significant problem for few subjects. (Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995;121:29-33)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Employment
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Complete data
Activities of daily living
Hearing loss
MEDLINE
Disease
Audiology
Disability Evaluation
Tinnitus
Sickness Impact Profile
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vertigo
Activities of Daily Living
Humans
Medicine
Child
Hearing Loss
Meniere Disease
biology
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
United States
Otorhinolaryngology
Physical therapy
Female
Surgery
medicine.symptom
business
Meniere's disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08864470
- Volume :
- 121
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....195309f15a91b794b94058f5e457ef9d