Is there a link between dizziness and vision? A systematic review
| Autor: | Deborah Armstrong, Emily Charlesworth, David B. Elliott, Alison J. Alderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis Visual acuity genetic structures Visual impairment Population MEDLINE Visual Acuity Vision Low CINAHL Cochrane Library Audiology Dizziness 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Association (psychology) education.field_of_study business.industry eye diseases Sensory Systems Ophthalmology 030221 ophthalmology & optometry medicine.symptom business Optometry |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmicphysiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists). 36(4) |
| ISSN: | 1475-1313 |
| Popis: | Purpose The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature to investigate the link (if any) between vision and dizziness. Methods Medline, CINAHL, AMED, Web of Science and The Cochrane Library were searched with keywords chosen to find articles which investigated the causes of dizziness and considered vision as a possible trigger. Citation chaining of all included papers was performed in addition to the hand searching of all reference lists. Unpublished literature was identified using www.opengrey.eu. The review considered studies involving adults which link, measure or attempt to improve any aspect of vision in relation to dizziness. Results Nine thousand six hundred and eighty one possible references were found, and the abstracts were screened independently by two reviewers to determine if they should be included in the study. Thirteen papers were found which investigated whether dizziness was linked to an assessment of vision. Visual impairment measures were crude and typically self-report, or Snellen visual acuity with little or no measurement details. Five studies found an independent link between dizziness and vision, five found a weak association (typically finding a link when univariate analyses were used, but not when multivariate analyses were used), and three found no association. Studies finding a strong link were usually cross-sectional with a large study population whereas those finding a weak association had relatively small numbers of participants. Studies which did not find an association used a broad definition of dizziness that included the term light-headedness, an unreliable Rosenbaum near visual acuity chart or an unusual categorisation of visual acuity. Conclusions This review suggests that dizziness (although likely not ‘light-headedness’) is linked with poor vision although further studies using more appropriate measures of vision are recommended. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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