Educational interventions targeting Management of Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the Emergency Department

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Dizziness; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care; Ear - Other ear disorders; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000699662
• Lead Sponsor: Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 499

Inclusion Criteria

•Age >18
•Pre-intervention = Period 1 (6th February 2023 to 7th May 2023)
•Post-intervention = Period 2 (8th May 2023 to 6th August 2023)

AND

•ED SNOMED CT diagnosis code of one of the following
oBenign paroxysmal positional vertigo
oBenign paroxysmal positional vertigo nystagmus
oDizziness
oDizziness and giddiness
oDizziness of unknown cause
oDizzy spells
oEpidemic vertigo
oLightheadedness
oPeripheral positional vertigo
oPeripheral vertigo
oPositional vertigo
oPostural dizziness
oVertigo

Exclusion Criteria

•Dizziness attributed to isolated non-neurological or non-vestibular cause
•No ED documentation available for retrospective review

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Performance rate of provocative manoeuvres – Dix-Hallpike (DH) test (%)<br><br>Manual audit of patient electronic medical records will be used to assess this outcome.[ 6th February 2023 to 7th May 2023 compared to 8th May 2023 to 6th August 2023]