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The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) test is a self survey method used to study a patient's anxiety status. In this study, we investigated the role of dizzy patients' anxiety psychology by analyzing the STAI. Subjects were 377 patients (141 male and 236 female) who complained of dizziness and visited the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Kansai Medical University from August 2002 to July 2003.
1, In the dizzy patients, State Anxiety (A-State) and Trait Anxiety (A-Trait) score showed significantly higher than in the controls. STAI score in female patients was significantly higher than that in male patients.
2, In the same patients, A-State scores were decreased after patients showed improvement in their symptoms, however A-Trait score were not changed.
3, The patients whose A-State and A-Trait scores in the first medical examination were very high(V) showed high A-State score even after absence of vertigo and dizziness.
Based on these results, we concluded that STAI test was simple to use and might provide some helpful information for therapy of anxiety in dizzy patients.
