Effect of Nursing Rehabilitation Program on Dizziness and Imbalance among patients with Peripheral Vestibular disorders

Background: Dizziness and imbalance are the most common patient’s complaints results from
Peripheral Vestibular disorders. Nursing interventions for Peripheral Vestibular disorders (PVD(
patients are focus on assessment and prevention of potential problems, patient’s teaching and
educating vestibular rehabilitation exercises. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of nursing
rehabilitation program on dizziness and imbalance among patients with peripheral vestibular
disorders. Research design: A quasi experimental research design with a pretest-posttest control
group was utilized. Settings: The study was conducted at otolaryngology clinic of the one-day
treatment center, Alexandria Main University Hospital, Egypt. Subjects: Purposive samples of 60
adult patients were selected according to eligibility criteria. They were divided into two equal
groups 30 in each study and control group. Tools of data collection: three tools were used to
collect the necessary data namely: Structured interview questionnaire, Dizziness Handicap < /div>
Inventory Scale and The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale. Results: the study
results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the study and control
groups in favor of the study group in relation to all items physical, emotional and functional of
Dizziness Handicap Inventory subscales at second and third assessment. Regarding levels of
physical functioning balance there were statistically significant differences between both groups at
the second and third assessment (P=0.005*& 0.001*). Conclusion: nursing rehabilitation program
significantly improve dizziness and imbalance in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders.
Recommendations: the developed booklet with its straightforward instructions and illustrations
should be utilized in hospitals as a teaching aid for patients with peripheral vestibular disorders.