Purpose
Designed by Honrubia et al., (1996), The University of California Los Angeles Dizziness Questionnaire (UCLA-DQ) was designed to collect information on the severity, frequency and fear of dizziness and its effect on quality of life and activities of daily living. The goal in the tool development was to develop a tool that was easy to understand, quick to administer and that was equally applicable to all dizzy patients. The tool was designed to provide the clinician significant information about the impact of dizziness on the patient’s life. The tool was designed as a screening tool that provides clear, concise information in regards to the impact that dizziness has on an individual’s everyday life. The UCLA-DQ is designed to address the physical, emotional and functional aspects of dizziness in a five question, easy to administer, easy to interpret questionnaire.
Acronym
UCLA-DQ
Area of Assessment
Activities of Daily Living
Life Participation
Quality of Life
Vestibular
Assessment Type
Patient Reported Outcomes
Administration Mode
Paper & Pencil
Cost
Free
- The UCLA-DQ is a 5-item forced-choice, self-reported subjective questionnaire.
- The five questions measure dizziness frequency, severity, fear and impact on quality of life and activities of daily living.
- The answer choices on the 5-point Likert scale are presented in ascending order from 1, indicating least severe, to 5, indicating most severe.
- The score ranges from 5-25 with higher scores indicating most severity.If an individual does not have dizziness at all, 0 points are given.
Required Training
No Training
Instrument Reviewers
Reviewed with references for individuals with vestibular disorders by Tracy Rice, PT, MPH, NCS and Jenny Fay, PT, DPT, NCS and the Vestibular EDGE task force of the Neurology Section of the APTA (2013).
Body Part
Head
ICF Domain
Body Function
Activity
Participation
Measurement Domain
Activities of Daily Living
Emotion
Sensory
Professional Association Recommendation
Recommendations for use of the instrument from the Neurology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Multiple Sclerosis Taskforce (MSEDGE), Parkinson’s Taskforce (PD EDGE), Spinal Cord Injury Taskforce (PD EDGE), Stroke Taskforce (StrokEDGE), Traumatic Brain Injury Taskforce (TBI EDGE), and Vestibular Taskforce (Vestibular EDGE) are listed below. These recommendations were developed by a panel of research and clinical experts using a modified Delphi process.
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Abbreviations:
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HR
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Highly Recommend
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R
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Recommend
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LS / UR
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Reasonable to use, but limited study in target group / Unable to Recommend
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NR
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Not Recommended
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Recommendations for use based on acuity level of the patient:
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Acute
(CVA < 2 months post)
(SCI < 1 month post)
(Vestibular < 6 weeks post)
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Subacute
(CVA 2 to 6 months)
(SCI 3 to 6 months)
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Chronic
(> 6 months)
(Vestibular > 6 weeks post)
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Vestibular EDGE
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LS
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LS
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Recommendations based on vestibular diagnosis
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Peripheral
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Central
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
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Other
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Vestibular EDGE
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LS
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LS
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LS
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LS
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Recommendations for entry-level physical therapy education and use in research:
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Students should learn to administer this tool? (Y/N)
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Students should be exposed to tool? (Y/N)
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Appropriate for use in intervention research studies? (Y/N)
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Is additional research warranted for this tool (Y/N)
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Vestibular EDGE
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Considerations
Limited psychometric properties should be considered before use. Has reliably been translated into Spanish.
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