Vestibular rehabilitation in Europe: a survey of clinical and research practice
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Vestibular rehabilitation in Europe: a survey of clinical and research practice Dara Meldrum1 · Lisa Burrows2 · Ondrej Cakrt3 · Hassen Kerkeni4 · Christophe Lopez5 · Frederik Tjernstrom6 · Luc Vereeck7 · Oz Zur8 · Klaus Jahn9 Received: 15 May 2020 / Accepted: 14 September 2020 © The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is practiced across Europe but little in this area has been quantified. The aim of this study was to investigate current VR assessment, treatment, education, and research practices. This was an online, cross-sectional survey with 39 VR specific questions and four sections: demographics, current practice, education, and research. The survey was disseminated through the Dizzynet network to individual therapists through country-specific VR special interest groups. Results were analysed descriptively. A thematic approach was taken to analyse open questions. A total of 471 individuals (median age 41, range 23 − 68 years, 73.4% women), predominately physiotherapists (89.4%) from 20 European countries responded to the survey. They had worked for a median of 4 years (range 1
The frequency distribution of responses per country is shown in Fig. 1, 50% of countries had 14 or more responses, Germany had the highest number (n = 124), followed by the UK (n = 69). The median age of respondents was 41 years (range 23–68 years). Demographic data are shown in Table 1. Respondents were mostly female (73.4%) and the predominant profession was physiotherapy (89%). Close to half (50.7%) described themselves as “competent”, 36.3% as “novice”, and 12.9% as “expert” at VR. The median length of time working in VR was 4 years (range
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