Table 1.

Characteristics of dizziness.

	n	%
Type of dizziness*
unsteadiness	45	65.2
vertigo	32	46.4
fainting	11	15.9
other e.g.	12	19.4
feeling of swaying from one side to the other	38	55.9
lift feeling	11	15.9
Duration
seconds	25	41.0
minutes to hours	19	31.1
several hours	10	16.4
continuous	7	11.5
Dizziness eliciting situations*†
getting up from lying or sitting	39	56.5
bending down	36	52.2
head turning	23	33.3
rotatory movement	21	30.4
lying down	19	27.5
walking	17	24.6
standing	13	18.8
walking on uneven ground	13	18.8
darkness	11	15.9
lying on one side	9	13.0
Concomitant symptoms*†	46	66.7
nausea	24	34.8
tinnitus	18	26.1
headache	16	23.2
tachycardia	12	17.4
weakness (extremities)	9	13.0
muscle tremor	8	11.6
vomiting	8	11.6
dyspnoea	7	10.1
numbness (extremities)	7	10.1
perspiration	7	10.1
visual disturbance	7	10.1

* more than one answer possible

† symptoms listed only if present in more than 10% of cases