Table 3.

Characteristics of the participants

	age in yrs	gender	living situation1	Type of vertigo2	time with vertigo (in yrs.)	general health3	Vertigo Symptom Scale4	Dizziness Handicap Inventory5
1	45	female	family	central	0.5	3	2.38	82.00
2	75	male	family	peripheral	20	4	1.00	18.00
3	69	male	family	peripheral	8	3	0.76	26.00
4	63	female	family	peripheral	2	3	-	22.00
5	67	male	family	peripheral	3	3	1.85	33.00
6	67	male	alone	combination	2	3	0.56	-
7	69	male	family	combination	0.5	4	1.18	32.00
8	75	female	family	peripheral	8	3	0.26	6.00
9	43	male	alone	somatoform	0.5	4	0.94	23.00
10	42	male	family	peripheral	0.5	4	-	-
11	29	female	family	central	1	4	-	-
12	53	female	family	combination	20	3	2.12	16.00

¹alone = living alone, family = living in a household together with family or partner.

²central = central-vestibular vertigo, peripheral = peripheral-vestibular vertigo, somatoform = somatoform vertigo, combination = combination of types.

³Self assessment, 5-point-Likert-scale (1 = best health).

⁴Possible range: 0–4 (lower score = less severe and frequent symptoms).

⁵Possible range: 0–100 (lower score = less handicap).