Table 2.
Tools used for assessments of vertigo/dizziness, somatoform complaints/somatization and the other additional diagnosis that are included in all of the 28 studies
| Vertigo/dizziness | Somatoform complaints/somatization | Other | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic evaluations | Questionnaires/scales | Diagnostic evaluations | Questionnaires/scales | Diagnostic evaluations | Questionnaires/scales |
| aStandard vestibular tests (15, 16, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42) | DHI ( 22, 24) | Psychiatric examination (15, 26, 29) | SOMS (17, 41) | Neurological examination, hyperventilation provocation test, detailed cervical examination (15) | HRQOL (35, 37) |
| Electro-oculography with rotatory and caloric testing, orthoptic examination with SVV and ocular torsion (17, 20, 22, 32, 33, 37, 41) | VAP (22) | bDIS (29, 40) | SSAS (18) | Neurological examination (17) | EQ- 5D-3L (22) |
| cENG or VNG, and VEMPs (24) | VSS (17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 41) | dSCID-I (17, 19, 20, 21, 26, 29, 31, 33, 34, 37, 41) | DCPR (38) | eMRI and/or X-RAY (15, 16, 27, 38, 39) | BAI (18, 20, 32, 35, 37) |
| Epley manevra (18) | VHQ (17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 32, 34, 35, 37, 41) | Pure tone audiometry and speech discrimination (16, 38, 39) | SHAI (18) | ||
| Dynamic postrography (28) | AVA (40) | PHQ (19, 20, 21, 32, 35) | Laboratory tests and electrocardiography (16, 39) | SCL-90 R (16) | |
| Neuro-otologic examination (31, 34) | VCQ (25) | WI (19, 20) | Physical examinations (19, 27) | GSI (16) | |
| Diagnostic classification of secondary SVD (33) | CABAH (19, 20) | Ophtalmologic examination (15) | HAD (17, 23, 24, 25, 36, 41) | ||
| VAS for severity of dizziness (16, 31) | SAIB (19, 20) | MINI (15) | |||
| PRIME-MD PHQ (15) | BDI-II (19, 20, 21, 27, 32, 35, 37, 38) | ||||
| SDS (39) | SF-12 (19, 37) | ||||
| BSI (38) | STAI (23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 38, 40) | ||||
| WOCQ (24) | |||||
| MHLC (25) | |||||
| MBSS (25) | |||||
| SCL-90 (27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 41) | |||||
| ACQ (28, 40) | |||||
| BSQ (28, 40) | |||||
| MOS (29) | |||||
| SRRS (29) | |||||
| SIP (29) | |||||
| The Paykel Life Events Scale (30) | |||||
| HAM-D (30) | |||||
| RS (33) | |||||
| SOC (33) | |||||
| SWLS (33) | |||||
| SF-36 (29, 34, 35) | |||||
| KLC (35) | |||||
| MI (36) | |||||
| TAS-20 (38) | |||||
| SAS (39) | |||||
| MHQ (39) | |||||
| ACA (40) | |||||
| The panic and mobility symptoms questionnaire (27) | |||||
a(positioning tests; rotatory tests; caloric tests; posturography; and, optomotoric tests, Elecronystagmograph), b DIS: Diagnostic Interview Schedule,cENG/VNG/VEMPs: electronystagmography/videonystagmography/vestinular evoked myogenic potentials,dSCID-I The Structural Clinical İnterview For DSM-IV Axis I Disorders, e MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Questionnaires/Scales.ACA: Cognitions and Avoidance, ACQ: Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire, AVA: The Acute Vertigo Appraisal, BAI: Beck Anxiety Inventory, BDI-II: The Beck Depression Inventory-II, BSI: Brief Symptom Inventory, BSQ: Body Sensations Questionnaire, CABAH Cognitions about Body and Health Questionnaire, DCPR: Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research, DHI: The Dizziness Handicap Inventory, EQ- 5D-3L: EuroQoL Five-Dimensional Questionnaire, GSI: Global Symptom İndex, HAD: Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale, HAM-D: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, HRQOL: Health-Related Quality Of Life, KLC: Body-Related Locus Of Control, MBSS: Miller Behavioral Style Scale, MHLC: Multidimentional Health Locus Of Control, MHQ: Crown and Crip’s Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire, MI: Mobility Inventory, MINI: Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview, MOS: Medical Outcomes Study-Short-Form, Paykel Life Events Scale, PHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire, PRIME-MD PHQ:, RS: Resilience Scale, SAIB: Scale for the Assessment of Illness Behavior, SAS: Self Anxiety Scale, SCL-90: Hopkins Symptoms Checklist, SCL-90 R Questionnaire, SDS: Zung’s Self-Depression Scale, SF-12: The short form of “The Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire”, SF-36: The Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire, SHAI: Short Health Anxiety Inventory, SIP: Sickness Impact Profile, SOC: The Sense of Coherence Scale, SOMS: Screening for Somatoform Symptoms, SRRS: Social Readjustment Rating Scale, SSAS: Somatosensory Amplification Scale, STAI: The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, SVD: Diagnostic Classification of Secondary, SVV: Subjective Visual Vertical, SWLS: The Satisfaction with Life Scale, TAS-20: Toronto Alexithymia Scale, The Panic and Mobility Symptoms Questionnaire (agoraphobia), VAP: Vestibular Activities and Participation questionnaire, VAS: Visual Analog Scale, VCQ: Vertigo Coping Questionnaire, VHQ: Vertigo Handicap Questionnaire), VSS: Vertigo Symptom Scale, WI: Whiteley Index, WOCQ: Ways of Coping Questionnaire