鳥取大学付属病院医師を対象としたメニエール病意識調査

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In order to estimate the accuracy of diagnoses of Menieres disease (M.D.) we designed a pilot study to invesigate the diagnosis and treatment by doctors in our university hospital by means of a questionnaire in November, 1993. The questionnaire included the following items: age, sex, symptoms, examination findings, severity of M.D., treatment and prognosis. Responses from 98 doctors were analyzed, and the attitudes of internists and otorhinolaryngologists were compared. M.D. diagnosis and treatment were found to vary considerably. It is important to standardize the criteria for the diagnosis of M.D. and the estimation of its prevalence, but also to investigate its cause and establish its treatment. In our next study, we will survey all the doctors in Tottori prefecture and discuss the results of a survey of patients.