Vol.96 No.9 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No.9 September 2003
Evaluation of Anxiety Related to Dizziness or
Tinnitus by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
Makoto Hashimoto, Osamu Horiike, Kazuma
Sugahara,
Takuo Ikeda and Hiroshi Yamashita
(Yamaguchi University)
We tried to establish a subjective quantitative analysis of anxiety or equivocal symptoms like dizziness or tinnitus to examine the relationship between anxiety and dizziness or tinnitus. Anxiety was evaluated by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Symptoms like dizziness or tinnitus were evaluated by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Tandospirone Citrate was administered to anxiety. STAI score and VAS score changed in parallel, through the period of medication, and patients whose State Anxiety score were decreased showed improvement in their symptoms. Patients whose Trait Anxiety score was high (V) at the beginning of medication were resistant to the medication. We concluded that STAI and VAS might provide some useful information for medication of anxiety in patients with dizziness or tinnitus, and be very useful in routine therapy.
Key words : anxiety, dizziness, tinnitus, STAI, VAS