The influence of lifestyle habits on the perception of vestibular symptoms in patients with heart failure.
Francisca Luiza Kennia Lopes Araújo, Gizele Francisco Ferreira do Nascimento, Elisângela Aparecida da Silva Lizzi and 3 others
PMID 41124481WHAT IT FOUND
In adults with heart failure and dizziness, dizziness and heart failure symptom impact was mild.
Alcohol use, diet, nutritional monitoring, and physical activity showed some rating differences, while smoking did not, but the study did not show that changing habits improves symptoms.
Key findings
01The mean total dizziness handicap and heart failure quality of life scores were below 30 points, indicating slight quality of life impairment.
02Sex, age, BMI, and smoking did not differ statistically on dizziness handicap or heart failure quality of life scores.
03Alcohol consumption, nutritional monitoring, and regular physical activity differed statistically on some dizziness handicap or heart failure quality of life scores.
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What it does not show
The study used a small convenience sample of medical records, so it cannot show that habits caused changes in symptoms. The design was cross-sectional and retrospective, not an intervention trial. Patients with heart disease take several medications that were not controlled, and medication effects on dizziness or quality of life could not be separated. The sample was predominantly male and was followed in specialized outpatient care, so results may not apply to all patients with heart failure. The overall questionnaire impact was mild, and several significant differences were in emotional scores. The text and table report different p values for balanced diet, so that finding is unclear.
Declared interests
The paper reports financial support from PIBIC-UFRN scientific initiation program.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that reducing alcohol, altering smoking, changing diet, adding nutritional monitoring, or starting exercise will improve dizziness or heart failure symptoms. This study compared questionnaire scores across habits in medical records and did not test whether changing habits causes improvement.
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