Participants
head movements, fits, vestibular syndrome
VESTIBULAR DISORDER
Electronic medical records were used to identify patients aged ≥50 years who visited their GP with a vestibular symptom in the past 2 years. The GP screened potentially eligible participants to exclude those with medical contraindications for making the required head movements, serious comorbid conditions that precluded participation in an exercise programme, an identifiable non-vestibular cause of their symptoms, or current enrolment in a related study. Trial information and a form to express interest was provided to potential participants. Physicians in the research team checked the eligibility criteria of interested patients by telephone. The inclusion criteria were:
good command of the Dutch language;access to the internet and an email account;persisting vestibular symptoms at time of inclusion, present for ≥1 month; andvestibular symptoms exacerbated or triggered by head movements.How this fits inThese inclusion criteria were used to identify participants with a chronic vestibular syndrome, as defined by the Bárány Society in the International Classification of Vestibular Disorders,