Anxiety and depressive disorders in elderly with chronic dizziness of vestibular origin
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2016
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Quintana, Maria Ines 
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Introduction: Dizziness is one of the most prevalent symptoms in the elderly. Anxiety and depression are common in dizzy adult patients, but there is scarce information about comor-. bidity between vestibular disturbances and psychiatric disorders in the aged. Objective: To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression disorders in elderly with chronic dizziness of vestibular origin. Methods: Transversal study that used the Brazilian version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 2.1 to assess anxiety and depressive disorders in elderly patients (>60 years old) with chronic dizziness. Results: Most of the 44 patients included in the study were female (88.6%) with a mean age of 71 years (+/- 7.5), 68.1% had experienced dizziness for 1 year or more. The most prevalent diagnosis was benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (52.3%). The prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder and specific phobias during life were 29.5% and 22.7%, respectively, and, in the last 12 months, 18.2% and 15.9%. There was no patient with panic disorder, agoraphobia or social phobia. The prevalence of depressive disorder during life was 45.4%, and, in the last 12 months, were 11.3%. Conclusion: Aged patients with chronic dizziness had high prevalence of some mental disorders. (C) 2015 Associacao Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervico-Facial. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.
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Brazilian Journal Of Otorhinolaryngology. Sao Paulo, v. 82, n. 2, p. 209-214, 2016.