Visual vertigo (VV) refers to dizziness or discomfort provoked by dynamic visual environments and is common after vestibular disorders. The Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale (VVAS) is a nine-item questionnaire developed to assess VV. However, no validated Japanese version has been available....
Audiologists and vestibular clinicians seeing Japanese-speaking patients can consider the Japanese Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale a valid and reliable screening tool, consistent with its English-language parent measure.
Validated cross-cultural vestibular assessment tools are essential for standardised international research and equitable clinical care in non-English-speaking populations.
- 01The Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale (VVAS) was translated and adapted into Japanese.
- 02Reliability (test-retest) and validity were assessed in patients with vestibular disorders.
- 03Validated tools for dizziness are important for consistent diagnosis and outcomes tracking.
- 04The study supports clinical use of the Japanese VVAS in vestibular clinics.
- 05Adds to a growing library of culturally adapted vestibular outcome measures.
The Japanese version of the Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale demonstrates adequate reliability and validity in vestibular disorder patients.
studysupported- PMID
- 42077012
- DOI
- 10.1177/09574271261448374.
- Journal
- International Journal of Audiology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Patients with vestibular disorders
- Intervention
- Japanese version of the Visual Vertigo Analogue Scale (VVAS-J)
Primary outcomes
Test-retest reliability of the Japanese VVAS; Construct validity of the Japanese VVAS