Emergency Department Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for Dizziness and Vertigo (ED-VeRT)

Northwestern University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vertigo; Dizziness

Treatments: Other: Usual Care; Behavioral: Vestibular Rehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05122663

STU00215925

Details and patient eligibility

About

ED-VeRT will enroll up to 125 adult emergency department (ED) patients presenting with a chief complaint of dizziness or vertigo to collect longitudinal outcomes over 3 months of follow-up. This will include 50 patients who were evaluated by an ED physical therapist (ie, vestibular rehabilitation) during their ED visit and 50 patients who received usual care. The aims of this trial are to: (1) obtain initial estimates of participant recruitment and retention, intra-cluster correlation, and between-group outcome differences that will inform sample size calculation for a future randomized clinical trial, and (2) assess feasibility and fidelity of a clinical classification protocol for undifferentiated dizziness among patients receiving ED vestibular rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 125 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chief complaint relating to dizziness or vertigo
• Ability to complete follow-up data collection electronically or by telephone
• English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Severe neurologic deficit concerning for ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
• Known pregnancy, under police custody, unable to consent

Trial design

125 participants in 2 patient groups

ED Physical Therapy

Description:

Patients in the ED physical therapy group will have been evaluated by an emergency department physical therapist for dizziness/vertigo during their index ED visit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Vestibular Rehabilitation

Usual Care

Description:

Patients in the usual care group will NOT have received an evaluation by an ED physical therapist for dizziness/vertigo symptoms during their index ED visit.

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care