Se incluyeron personas sanas y pacientes con vértigo, mareo o inestabilidad, de 18 a 85 años, argentinos nativos capaces de comprender castellano. Nuestro objetivo es realizar la adaptación cultural y validación del Dizziness Handicap Inventory al castellano argentino a partir de la versión española. El Dizziness Handicap Inventory identifica problemas de orden funcional, físico y emocional relacionados con trastornos del equilibrio. The Argentinian version of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory proved to be a reliable and valid tool to quantify self-perceived handicap resulting from vertigo, dizziness or unsteadiness.Įl Dizziness Handicap Inventory es una herramienta útil para cuantificar la autopercepción de la discapacidad en pacientes con vértigo, mareo o inestabilidad y su impacto en actividades de la vida diaria. The emotional subscale showed a significant correlation with the Romberg test and the eyes-open tandem Romberg test ( P<.05).
The total Dizziness Handicap Inventory and the functional subscale were found to correlate significantly with the Romberg and tandem Romberg tests. We found high internal consistency ( α=0.87) and very high test–retest reliability for the total Dizziness Handicap Inventory score (intraclass correlation coefficient: 0.98) and its subscales. Internal consistency, test–retest reliability and construct validity were assessed using a visual analogue scale, the Romberg test, the tandem Romberg test and the tandem gait test. This version was given twice to 108 patients, 24–72 h apart. We introduced linguistic and cultural modifications to the Peninsular Spanish version to obtain the Argentinian one. We included both healthy subjects and patients with vertigo, dizziness or unsteadiness, aged 18–85 years, native Spanish-speaking Argentinians. Our objective was to cross-culturally adapt the Peninsular Spanish version of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory for use in Argentina and validate the adapted Argentinian version. The Dizziness Handicap Inventory identifies functional, physical and emotional disorders related to balance disturbance. The Dizziness Handicap Inventory is a useful tool for quantifying self-perceived handicap in patients with vertigo, dizziness or unsteadiness and its impact on daily living activities.
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