Title:
Results of a Questionnaire Survey Conducted During a Health Checkup for Yakumo Town Residents - Comparison of the Presence or Absence of Dizziness and the State of Tinnitus, Salivation, Taste and Smell -

Authors:
Naomi Katayama, Japan

Abstract:

Yakumo Town in Hokkaido, Japan is a rural town with a population of approximately 15000 people, were the population is semi-agricultural and semi-fishing. The town had little population movement and is cooperating with the prospective cohort study. A self-administered questionnaire survey in the otolaryngology department at a Yakumo Town resident health checkup compared the presence or absence of subjective dizziness with various subjective symptoms (taste, smell, saliva secretion, tinnitus, meal frequency, frequency of eating out, tongue inflammation) and simple tests (salt taste, smell, chewing ability).The results showed that of the 274 participants (114 men, 160 women), those with subjective dizziness also had poor saliva secretion (chi-square test result, P = 0.008) and tinnitus (chi-square test result, P = 0.0001). One of the home guidance measures for dizziness patients is to stay haydrated, do light exercise, and maintain a regular diet. To clarify the results of this study, we believe it is necessary to add the amount of water consumed to the questionnaire survey items and also measure saliva volume. The result of this study are cross-sectional results from a single year, we believe that in the future it will be necessary to conduct longitudinal studies on the same participants over multiple years.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.51505/ijmshr.2025.9612