The frequency of dizziness among mild to moderate traumatic brain injury patient

Abstract

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading factors of disability and death in population after any vehicle accident. Dizziness is one of the common complaints caused by TBI affecting their normal activities of life.

Objective: To determine the frequency of dizziness in mild to moderate traumatic brain injury patients.

Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 78 patients, after receiving ethical permission from University. The sample was collected through nonprobability convenience sampling technique. The patients were selected according to the designed inclusion criteria in which male and female patients of 20 to 60 years of age with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury having GCS score of 9-15 were enrolled in the study. The dizziness handicap inventory was used for assessment of dizziness. The data was analyzed using software of SPSS version 26 in which frequency and percentage were determined.

Results: Among 78 patients, 44.23±12.42 was the mean age, 57.7% were male and 42.3% were female. Furthermore, 11.5% were mildly handicapped, 47.4% were moderately handicapped and 41% were severely handicapped due to dizziness.

Conclusion: It was concluded that dizziness is highly prevalent among mild to moderate TBI patients that made them moderate to severely handicap in performing their normal activities of life.