Clinical Study

Vertigo Perception and Quality of Life in Patients after Surgical Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma with Pretreatment Prehabituation by Chemical Vestibular Ablation

Table 2

Results.

ITG groupControl group
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)

Age50.40 (9.94)50.30 (6.98)0.980

GHSI totalTime 159.81 (14.66)61.70 (11.56)0.753
Time 254.67 (14.74)51.06 (12.44)0.574
Time 355.28 (11.05)49.54 (10.84)0.257

GHSI generalTime 162.88 (18.75)65.21 (12.62)0.748
Time 254.08 (18.85)49.69 (14.69)0.582
Time 355.04 (11.91)47.68 (14.51)0.231

GHSI social supportTime 160.00 (8.61)61.67 (7.03)0.641
Time 261.67 (8.96)65.74 (8.78)0.332
Time 359.17 (9.17)59.17 (7.30)1.000

GHSI physicalTime 148.33 (24.78)48.33 (21.44)1.000
Time 250.83 (22.38)41.67 (20.83)0.370
Time 352.50 (21.89)46.67 (16.29)0.508

DHITime 116.60 (20.13)21.40 (28.54)0.669
Time 232.40 (21.52)20.00 (18.50)0.184
Time 331.40 (19.46)43.00 (28.76)0.305

GBI totalTime 2−0.31 (5.28)
Time 3−0.97 (12.76)−8.78 (18.79)0.291

GBI generalTime 2−2.78 (7.51)
Time 3−3.17 (18.49)−20.83 (26.28)0.099

GBI social supportTime 214.81 (21.15)
Time 315.00 (19.95)36.67 (15.32)0.014

GBI physicalTime 2−5.56 (14.43)
Time 3−8.33 (18.00)−0.83 (33.90)0.544

Note. SD: standard deviation; : within-group differences tested by LSD post hoc tests after repeated measures ANOVA; : value of the difference between time 1 and time 2; : value of the difference between time 2 and time 3; : value of the difference between time 1 and time 3; : between-group differences tested by independent-group -test; ITG: intratympanic gentamicin.