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Kristy Weems,PT's avatar

There is often such a feeling of “ this is never going to end” mind set with some of my chronic vestibular patients. I can see how the Dizziness Catastrophizing Scale will work nicely to monitor this mind set and hopefully see this score improve as the patient’s mind set shifts toward one of healing, regaining their life and improved emotional wellbeing.

Often, by the time the patient makes their way through many various MD visits, tests and people not understanding their vestibular problem, the patient is literally in tears during the initial eval with me. Some tears fall due to the relief that a medical professional finally understands and can help them as well as tears of mental angst and a feeling of not being able to regain their life.

Look forward to trialing this in clinical use.

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