NCHS-CDC NHIS Dizziness/Balance (For Questions on Problems with Dizziness, Balanc

NIDCD正在为2008年全国健康访谈调查（NHIS）增加一个新的组成部分，赞助纳入关于平衡/前庭问题和最近福尔斯病史的问题。NHIS是由国家卫生统计中心（NCHS）进行的大型年度人口健康调查。NHIS是美国平民、非机构化家庭人口健康信息的主要来源。自1957年成立以来，该活动一直在持续进行。目前，国家健康信息系统每年收集大约40 000个家庭的信息，其中包括对黑人和西班牙裔人口的过度抽样。上一次将慢性（3个月以上）头晕和/或平衡问题纳入NHIS是作为1994 - 1995年残疾补助金的一部分。早在1980年代中期的十年前，在之前的NIHS补充中就头晕/平衡问题对日常活动（生活质量问题）的影响提出了一些问题。NHIS核心问卷中没有关于平衡/前庭问题的标准问题。新的平衡/前庭问题模块将被管理到从NHIS/NCHS程序后随机选择的家庭中获得的样本成年人。2008年NHIS的其他内容将包括NEI资助的视力丧失模块。NCHS还将在2008年NHIS中包括一批探索日常活动和功能限制的问题，这些问题将有助于解释和分析平衡/前庭问题。最近一个关于头晕和平衡问题的网络引用指出，美国大约有900万到1500万人患有反复发作的头晕。这一流行率范围与该研究所支持的1994 - 1995年《国家健康保险残疾补助金》相一致，并可能以该补助金为基础。2008年，NIDCD工作人员（在专家顾问的帮助下）和NCHS工作人员共同制定了平衡/前庭问题。我们对发展患病率估计和获得关于平衡/前庭损伤的功能影响的信息（例如，对工作、社会环境等的影响），获得和使用不同的治疗方案，除了年龄/老化之外的平衡/前庭障碍的风险因素，以及合并症，包括听力相关障碍，如耳鸣和听力损失。

NIDCD is adding a new component to the 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) by sponsoring inclusion of questions on balance/vestibular problems and history of recent falls. The NHIS is a large, annual population-based health survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The NHIS is the principal source of information on the health of the civilian, non-institutionalized, household population of the United States. It has been conducted continuously since its inception in 1957. The NHIS is currently designed to collect information from approximately 40,000 households each year and includes an over-sample of the Black and Hispanic populations. The last time questions on chronic (3+ months) problems with dizziness and/or balance were included in the NHIS was as part of the 1994¿95 Disability Supplement. A decade earlier in the mid-1980s, a few questions on the impact of dizziness/balance problems on daily activities (quality of life issues) were asked in a prior NIHS Supplement. There have not been any standard questions in the core NHIS questionnaire on balance/vestibular problems. The new balance/vestibular questions module will be administered to the ¿sample¿ adult, derived from randomly selected households following the NHIS/NCHS procedure. Other content in the 2008 NHIS will include an NEI-funded module on vision loss. NCHS will also include a batch of questions probing daily activity and functional limitations in the 2008 NHIS that will be useful in interpretation and analysis of the balance/vestibular questions. A recent web citation on dizziness and balance problems stated that approximately 9 million to 15 million people in the US suffer from recurrent bouts of dizziness. This prevalence range is in line with, and probably based on, the earlier 1994¿95 NHIS Disability Supplement supported by the Institute. For 2008, the balance/vestibular questions have been developed jointly by NIDCD staff (with help from expert consultants) and NCHS staff. We have a shared interest in developing prevalence estimates and in obtaining information on the functional impact of balance/vestibular impairments (e.g., impact on working, in social settings, etc.), access to and use of different treatment options, risk factors for balance/vestibular impairments besides ¿age/aging¿, and co-morbidities, including hearing-related impairments such as tinnitus and hearing loss.