BPPV and psychogenic/PPPD were more abundant, and vascular vertigo was less frequent. The most common cause for young and young-old patients was BPPV, and the most common cause for middle-aged and old-old patients was psychogenic/PPPD.Ĭonclusion: The absolute number of outpatients with dizziness/vertigo during the COVID-19 pandemic was reduced during the early period of the COVID-19 outbreak. In addition, the etiology ratio of different age groups was significantly different ( p < 0.001). A female predominance was observed in BPPV (women = 67.7%, p < 0.05) and psychogenic/PPPD (women = 67.6%, p < 0.05). During the epidemic, the top three causes of dizziness/vertigo were BPPV (35%), psychogenic/PPPD (34.6%), and vascular vertigo (9.6%). 34.6%, p < 0.05) while a decrease in vascular vertigo during the epidemic (2019 vs. 35%, p < 0.05) and psychogenic/persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD) (2019 vs. There was an increase in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) (2019 vs. The overall etiology distribution was different among all disorders between the two periods ( p < 0.001). Dizziness/vertigo was more common in women than men in these two periods (2019: women = 63.6% 2020: women = 63.1%, p = 0.82). Result: The absolute number of neurological outpatients decreased from 14,670 in 2019 to 8,763 in 2020 (−40.3%), with a corresponding decline in dizziness/vertigo patients (2019: n = 856 2020: n = 1,436, −40.4%). Methods: Against the background of the COVID-19 epidemic, the data of patients who visited the neurological clinic of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital West Branch during the pandemic (February 1–May 30, 2020) and the corresponding period in 2019 (February 1–May 30, 2019) were analyzed, and patients with dizziness/vertigo from these two periods were compared to discover their demographic features and etiologic distribution according to their age and sex. Objective: This study aims to investigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic on dizziness/vertigo outpatients in a neurological clinic in China. 3Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.2Department of Emergency, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.1Department of Neurology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.Changqing Li 1, Dongsheng Guo 2, Xiangke Ma 3, Siwei Liu 1, Mingyong Liu 1 and Lichun Zhou 1 *
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