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The objectives of this work are, firstly, to characterize, from an auditory and vestibular perspective, the most frequent causes of vertigo in childhood and a possible relationship with emotional symptoms. On the other hand, to propose the usefulness of the MSSQ-Short questionnaire as a predictive variable in the evolution of children diagnosed with recurrent vertigo of childhood (RVC). Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was designed with retrospective data collection at three tertiary hospitals. Results: Among the 117 patients recruited between 2016 and 2024, 32 patients (27.35%) were diagnosed with an anxious-depressive syndrome prior to audiovestibular testing. The mean age was 11.19 \u00b1 5.61 years and the most frequent final diagnoses were vestibular migraine (VM) with 41.03% and RVC with 23.93%. Patients with VM, compared with RVC, are approximately 1.12 times more likely to have psychosomatic pathology (CI 0.39 to 3.25). The most sensitive and frequently altered test was VEMPS (39.32%), with statistical significance in VM and otic capsule dehiscence, while regarding the MSSQ-Short questionnaire, the linear regression of 0.28 indicates an increase in clinical duration with high questionnaire scores. Conclusions: Vestibular disorders causing dizziness and vertigo are challenging to diagnose, often due to lack of cooperation and\/or symptom nonspecificity. A thorough medical history and complementary tests, including audiovestibular and imaging studies, are advisable, thus avoiding systematically attributing children\u2019s complaints to other psychosomatic disorders.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/audiolres14040059","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,14]],"date-time":"2024-08-14T06:23:05Z","timestamp":1723616585000},"page":"701-713","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Clinical Profile, Trends, and Management in Pediatric Patients with Audiovestibular Disorders: Can We Predict Emotional Disability in Pediatric Patients with Episodes of Vertigo and Dizziness?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Joan","family":"Lorente-Piera","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cl\u00ednica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1192-5901","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicol\u00e1s","family":"P\u00e9rez-Fern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cl\u00ednica Universidad de Navarra, 28027 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melissa","family":"Blanco-Pareja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cl\u00ednica Universidad de Navarra, 28027 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0781-9679","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raquel","family":"Manrique-Huarte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cl\u00ednica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pia","family":"Michael Larenas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Cl\u00ednico de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380453, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valeria","family":"Serra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cl\u00ednica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manuel","family":"Manrique","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cl\u00ednica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"e28294","article-title":"Facts of Vertigo in Adolescents: Controversies and Challenges\u2014A Narrative Review","volume":"14","author":"Madrigal","year":"2022","journal-title":"Cureus"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"240","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpeds.2015.12.002","article-title":"Epidemiology of Dizziness and Balance Problems in Children in the United States: A Population-Based Study","volume":"171","author":"Li","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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