OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the connection between vertigo severity and OSA. MATERIAL AND
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Discussion
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Audiologists and vestibular specialists should be aware that vertigo severity in OSA patients may co-occur with psychiatric symptoms, but the cross-sectional design prevents causal conclusions and no immediate protocol change is warranted.
Establishing connections between sleep apnea, vertigo, and psychiatric symptoms could prompt more holistic, multidisciplinary screening approaches for dizzy patients in audiology and ENT settings.
- 01111 OSA patients were assessed for vertigo severity and psychiatric symptoms.
- 02Vertigo severity correlated with OSA severity and psychiatric symptom burden.
- 03Cross-sectional design limits causal interpretation.
- 04Findings support considering mental health screening in vestibular/OSA patients.
- 05Published in the Journal of Otology (DOI: 10.26599/JOTO.2026.9540070).
Vertigo severity is associated with obstructive sleep apnea severity in OSA patients.
studypartially supportedPsychiatric symptoms co-occur with vertigo in patients with OSA.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42620869
- DOI
- 10.26599/JOTO.2026.9540070.
- Journal
- Journal of Otology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Sample size
- 111
- Population
- Patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea
- Intervention
- Assessment of vertigo severity and psychiatric symptoms in OSA patients
Primary outcomes
Vertigo severity; Psychiatric symptom burden; Association between vertigo and OSA severity