良性陣發性姿勢性眩暈病患生活品質初探

Quality of Life for Patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

本研究目的是探討良性陣發性姿勢性眩暈（benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, BPPV） 病患之生活品質，以良性陣發性姿勢性眩暈病患與non-BPPV之病患作生活品質之比較性研究。本研究採立意取樣，選取某醫學中心經醫師診斷為良性陣發性姿勢性眩暈之18歲以上病患共32位，及32位non-BPPV之病患為2組研究對象，採用SF-36 整體健康評估量表為研究工具，以SPSS10.0統計軟體進行統計分析。研究結果發現BPPV病患之生活品質為中等程度，且顯著低於non-BPPV之病患；BPPV病患之生理健康層面與心理健康層面之得分顯著低於non-BPPV之病患。此結果作為臨床護理人員在照護BPPV病患時之參考，以提昇改善生活品質。

The purpose of this research was to explore quality of life for patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and non-BPPV. Using purposive sampling, we recruited 32 BPPV patients and 32 non-BPPV patients who were over 18 years old from an otolaryngology clinic in a medical center. Patients were evaluated using the Chinese version of the short-form 36-item health survey (SF-36), and the data were analyzed using SPSS 10.0. Results revealed that the quality of life for patients with BPPV was in the middle range, significantly lower than for the non-BPPV group. The physical and mental health dimensions for the BPPV group were also signifi cantly lower than for the non-BPPV group. This study establishes a reference for nursing care to improve the quality of life for BPPV patients.