A Study on Propensity of Depression in Dizziness

With the Help of the Depression Inventory

Abstract

The depression inventory was administered to 58 patients with dizziness (including rotational sensation and unsteady sensation) to evaluate the relation between their dizziness and their propensities of depression. In this study, we scored the de p ression inventory and decided that its normal limit was less than 14 marks in the depression score. More than 15 marks in it was abnormal, and we interpreted it had the propensity of depression.
The following characteristic features of dizziness were noted:
1) The propensity of depression was noted in 58.6% of patients with dizziness.
2) The propensity of depression was higher in female, in the patients with rotational sensation, in the patients with abnormal views on ENG.
3) In the patients suffering from dizziness for more than 3 months, the propensity of depression was high.
4) In the patients with dizziness that the parts of disorder were not clear, the distribution of the score had two peaks.
So we analogy that the relation between dizziness and the propensity of depression has two cases. One case, in the patients with dizziness that the parts of disorder are clear, dizziness gives rise to the propensity of depression. Another case, in those with dizziness that the parts of disorder are not clear, the propensity of depression gives rise to dizziness.