Vestibular Rehabilitation for Unilateral or Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Accessibility

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patients diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction who had an order for a referral to physical therapy or occupational therapy for vestibular rehabilitation or had a prescription for vestibular rehabilitation, documentation that vestibular rehabilitation was recommended or provided.

Numerator

Patients with • an order for a referral to physical therapy or occupational therapy for vestibular rehabilitation OR • prescription for vestibular rehabilitation OR • documentation that vestibular rehabilitation was recommended OR • documentation that vestibular rehabilitation was provided

Denominator

Patients diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction

Exclusions

Exclusions are removed from the denominator: • Patient has refused or declined vestibular rehabilitation services • Patient previously received vestibular rehabilitation services and it was determined to not be effective • Patient is clinically asymptomatic or compensated in unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods

Data not currently routinely collected

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Vestibular Rehabilitation for Unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: www.aan.com/practice/vestibular-rehabilitation-vestibuler-hypofunction-quality-measure.

Technical Specifications

Technical specifications: www.aan.com/practice/vestibular-rehabilitation-vestibuler-hypofunction-quality-measure

Old report on quality measurement set with details on page 14: cdn-links.lww.com/permalink/wnl/a/wnl20180723bennett1sdc1.pdf - scored from Rizk H, Agrawal Y, Barthel S, Bennett ML, Doherty JK, Gerend P, et al. Quality improvement in neurology. Neuro-otology quality measurement set. 2018;91(15):697-701. American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Neurotology 2017 - Quality Measurement Set. Accessed August 3, 2023.

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025