Relation Between Vertigo and History Of Falls Of Nursing Home For Elderly People In Surakarta
Abstract
Vertigo is a symptom of a disease caused by a disturbance in the vestibular system. Elderly
people have decreased vestibular system and this could cause disruption balance. This occurs
because of changes in the progressive fragmentation of statoconia utricle and saccule response
that causes reduction of the acceleration gravity which results in a fall. The aim of this study
was to determine the relation between vertigo and history of falls of elderly people in
Surakarta. The design of this study was observational with cross sectional approach and
purposive random sampling was applied to select 71 nursing home for elderly people from
927 populations in 10 sampling points. The occurrence of vertigo was assessed by using
Vertigo Symptom Scale-Short Form (VSS-SF) while measuring a history of falls using a
questionnaire. The correlation was identified by using Chi Square test with a degree of
confident by 95%. The majority of the samples were women (70.42%) and their mean age
was 67.45 ±5.70 years old. The correlation analysis indicated that vertigo was statistically and
significantly associated with the history of fall (Adj.OR=9.24; 95%CI; P-value 0.01). It can
be concluded that there was a relation between vertigo and the history of falls of the elderly
people in Surakarta.