Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants assigned to stand alone vestibular rehabilitation (VR), blended VR, or usual care. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Characteristics	Stand alone VR (n=98)	Blended VR (n=104)	Usual care (n=120)	Total sample (n=322)
Mean (SD) age (years)	66.7 (9.5)	67.4 (9.8)	67.0 (9.4)	67.0 (9.5)
Female	64 (65)	69 (66)	64 (53)	197 (61)
Level of education:
Low	33 (34)	37 (36)	36 (30)	106 (33)
Middle	25 (26)	31 (30)	30 (25)	86 (27)
High	40 (41)	36 (35)	54 (45)	130 (40)
Living situation:
Alone	34 (35)	33 (32)	35 (29)	102 (32)
With partner	64 (65)	71 (68)	85 (71)	220 (68)
No of chronic diseases*:
0	59 (60)	64 (62)	63 (53)	186 (58)
1	28 (29)	32 (31)	41 (34)	101 (31)
2	8 (8)	4 (4)	12 (10)	24 (7)
≥3	3 (3)	4 (4)	4 (3)	11 (3)
Time since vestibular diagnosis†:
1-6 months	15 (15)	22 (21)	13 (11)	50 (16)
6 months to 2 years	28 (29)	27 (26)	39 (33)	94 (29)
2-10 years	31 (32)	44 (42)	48 (40)	123 (38)
>10 years	23 (24)	11 (11)	18 (15)	52 (16)
Self reported vestibular diagnosis†:
No known diagnosis	67 (68)	69 (66)	77 (64)	213 (66)
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo	11 (11)	17 (16)	22 (18)	50 (16)
Meniere’s disease	9 (9)	9 (9)	10 (8)	28 (9)
Vestibular neuritis	6 (6)	4 (4)	7 (6)	17 (5)
PPPD	0 (0)	1 (1)	0 (0)	1 (0)
Other‡	4 (4)	4 (4)	2 (2)	10 (3)
Disorders at baseline according to PHQ:	14 (14)	16 (15)	23 (19)	53 (17)
Panic disorder	2 (2)	3 (3)	5 (4)	10 (3)
Generalised anxiety disorder	12 (12)	15 (14)	19 (16)	46 (14
Major depressive disorder	5 (5)	6 (6)	9 (8)	20 (6)

PPPD=persistent postural-perceptual dizziness; PHQ=patient health questionnaire.

^*Chronic non-specific lung disease, cardiac disease, peripheral arterial disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, arthritis, and cancer.

^†Data on this variable was missing for three participants: stand alone VR (n=1), usual care (n=2).

^‡Traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accident, Parkinson’s disease, bacterial meningitis, and vestibular organ surgical procedures.