This study aimed to explore what treatments were sought by post-9/11 Veterans with and without a formal diagnosis related to their long-term dizziness following completion of a Comprehensive Traumatic Brain Injury Evaluation (CTBIE).
No actionable clinical change yet — this is a descriptive study of self-selected (patient-chosen) treatments without a control group, making it impossible to determine which, if any, treatments are effective for dizziness in TBI veterans.
Post-concussive dizziness is common and under-treated in veterans; understanding patient-driven treatment choices can inform shared decision-making and highlight gaps in formal vestibular rehabilitation pathways.
- 01Study population: post-9/11 veterans with persistent dizziness following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) evaluation.
- 02Describes variety of self-selected treatments chosen by veterans without randomization or control group.
- 03Outcomes are based on self-reported improvement, introducing recall and placebo bias.
- 04Published in Brain Injury journal (2026); PMID 42200522.
- 05Findings are descriptive and hypothesis-generating rather than definitive.
Post-9/11 veterans experiencing disruptive dizziness after TBI evaluation self-select a variety of treatments and report improvement.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42200522
- DOI
- 10.1080/02699052.2026.2673984.
- Journal
- Brain Injury
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Post-9/11 veterans with persistent dizziness following comprehensive traumatic brain injury evaluation
- Intervention
- Self-selected treatments for dizziness following TBI
Primary outcomes
Types of self-selected treatments chosen by veterans; Self-reported improvement following treatment