Evaluation of the Prevalence of BPPV and Longterm Effects of Its Therapy Using the Rotundum Device in Retirement Homes

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Epley maneuver/Barbeque maneuver

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03643354

BPPV Retirement Homes

Details and patient eligibility

About

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common types of vertigo, especially in elderly. Therefore the investigators have set the goal to evaluate the prevalence of BPPV and its therapy using the Rotundum device in elderly living in retirement homes. Furthermore the investigators use a questionnaire to evaluate possible predictive signs to improve the diagnosis of this disease.

Enrollment: 453 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lives in retirement home/has vertigo/has signed the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• severe heart failure
• untreated cardiac arrythmia
• severe autonomic Dysregulation
• untreated epilepsy
• untreated cervical vertebral body fracture
• inability to follow the test
• weight over 150kg or under 40kg
• height below 140cm or over 200cm
• bedridden
• already participated this study
• participant is connected to the study team

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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453 participants in 1 patient group

Evaluation of prevalence of BPPV

Experimental group

Description:

Epley/Barbeque maneuver will be performed using the Rotundum Device to assess if subject has BPPV, patient will thereafter be treated for it using the Rotundum Device.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Epley maneuver/Barbeque maneuver