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Harsukh Educational Charitable Society International Journal of Community Health and Medical Research

Volume 2 Issue 2 April-June 2016

Original Articles

Vertigo in ICF Framework: A Pilot Study
Richa Arya, Pooja Thawani, R. Rangasayee

Background: Vertigo is one of the commonly reported symptoms which lead to debilitating effect. The aim is to develop a questionnaire based on International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) in the assessment of activity limitation and participation restriction in individuals with vertigo.Material and Method: The study was done in three phases, Phase 1 was collecting the evidence to capture different characteristics of Vertigo, and mapping on the ICF core sets, Phase 2 consisted of validation of the selected questions by the health care professionals who work with the patients with vertigo and the last phase was the cross-sectional study on patients (N=71) attending at multiple settings using the first version of the questionnaire.Results: The final checklist includes 31 questions. The questionnaire is a 5-point rating scale. It was administered on 71 (25 Males, 46 Females) patients with vertigo. In 12 items, more than 20% respondents reported complete problem (Score-4). In the test of equality of means, item number 12(t=-1.616), 13(t=-1.552) and 27(t=-1.789) were not significant to discriminate low group and high group. Cronbach’s Alpha and Guttman split half co-efficient for 17 items of Body functions and Body structures is 0.719 and 0.802, for 9 items of Activities and Participation is 0.739 and 0.858, and for 5 items of Environmental factors is 0.233 and 0.348. Conclusion: The developed questionnaire allows simple, time efficient identification and qualification of the functioning profile of an individual in a simple, time efficient manner. Keywords: ICF, Vertigo, Activity limitation, Participation restriction

 
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