Anxiety Changes Depersonalization and Derealization Symptoms in Vestibular Patients
Table 1
General characteristics of the subjects and comparisons between groups.
Variables
Healthy subjects
Vestibular patients
P value
Vestibular with anxiety
Vestibular without anxiety
value
Age (mean ± SD)
41.3 ± 9.5
42 ± 10.6
0.342
44.1 ± 11.1
38.2 ± 13.6
0.074
Gender (female)
72%
83%
0.258
91.7%
72.2%
0.181
Education level (University)
55%
54%
0.59
58%
54%
0.55
Employment status (employed)
90%
72%
0.127
80%
60%
0.174
Marital status (married)
70%
63%
0.322
65%
60%
0.479
Smokers
40%
30%
0.378
35%
25%
0.483
Alcohol (no alcohol)
30%
46%
0.164
38%
55%
0.197
Headache
10%
21%
0.483
25%
17%
0.397
Disease duration (more than 1 year)
50%
54%
44%
0.377
HADS-A subscore (mean ± SD)
2 ± 1.15
10 ± 4.9
0.025*
13.3 ± 4.3
8.1 ± 4.6
0.037*
HADS-D subscore (mean ± SD)
1 ± 1.64
6 ± 3.3
0.017*
6.8 ± 3.5
5.1 ± 2.8
0.087
P: difference between healthy subjects and vestibular patients; : difference between vestibular patients with and without anxiety; *significant difference—P < 0.05 Mann-Whitney U test.
