Patients with frequent dizzy attacks will report dissatisfaction with current diagnostic tools and express interest in a wearable at-home dizzy attack monitor. Existing diagnostic approaches for recurrent dizziness are often inadequate, particularly for episodic events that occur outside clinical settings. This study aimed to evaluate patient perspectives on current diagnostic and treatment methods and assess interest in a proposed at-home dizzy attack monitoring device. A cross-sectional survey was administered to 250 adults with self-reported dizzy attacks between December 2021 and January 2022 via Survey Healthcare Global. The survey included expert-reviewed items covering attack frequency, diagnostic experiences, treatment satisfaction, and responses to a conceptual wearable monitor. Of the 250 participants (32% male, 68% female), 43% were dissatisfied with diagnostic tools and 44% with treatments. Dissatisfaction was highest among those experiencing weekly (47% diagnostic, 48% treatment) and daily (46% diagnostic, 54% treatment) attacks. Interest in the hypothetical wearable monitor was reported by 79% overall, increasing to 86% among weekly and 85% among daily attack groups. Patients with frequent dizzy attacks report significant dissatisfaction with current standards of care and show strong interest in novel technology that enables real-time, at-home capture of symptoms to support more accurate diagnosis.
Keating et al. (Sun,) studied this question.