Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Lucy Yardley
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Psychology
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom
+44 023 80 594 581
L.Yardley@soton.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
SEO083
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To compare the outcome of nurse-delivered vestibular rehabilitation for dizzy patients in primary care with standard medical care.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Ear, nose and throat diseases
Intervention
Vestibular rehabilitation programme of daily eye, head and body exercises, education about causes and management of symptoms delivered by nurse therapist versus routine medical care.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Computerised measurement of postural sway; validated self-report measures of symptoms and quality of life.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/2000
Overall trial end date
01/10/2003
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
200 patients with current dizziness or vertigo of at least 2 months' duration. Current complaint of dizziness or vertigo for which a vestibular cause is a definite or possible diagnosis; telephone ownership.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
200
Participant exclusion criteria
Age <18 yrs, disorders contraindicating performance of vigorous head/body exercises (vertebrob asilar ischaemia, severe cervical disorder), diagnosed non-vestibular cause of dizziness, life-threatening or progressive central disorder
Recruitment start date
01/10/2000
Recruitment end date
01/10/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Psychology
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive South East
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2004 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15492339
Publication citations
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Results
Yardley L, Donovan-Hall M, Smith HE, Walsh BM, Mullee M, Bronstein AM, Effectiveness of primary care-based vestibular rehabilitation for chronic dizziness., Ann. Intern. Med., 2004, 141, 8, 598-605.