Clinical Aspects of Patients With Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) and Migraine

Anadolu Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Positional Vertigo; Migraine

Treatments: Procedure: Particle re-positioning maneuver

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02615314

AnadoluMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical aspects of patients with BPPV associated with migraine. It is our purpose to clarify weather migraine is a risk factor for BPPV if the clinical aspect and the therapeutic outcome is different.

Full description

Two hundred and sixty-three patients with BPPV were enrolled in this retrospective study. All patients' charts were reviewed by independent observer. The type of BPPV and associated problems were noted. Patients with migraine were investigated in terms of age, gender, symptoms, affected side and the cure rate. Their data were compared with those having no migraine. Mean values and standard deviations (± SD) were calculated. One way ANOVA test was used for the analysis. Significance was set at p < 0.005.

Enrollment: 232 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 84 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who had history of head-induced positional and brief vertigo and who have been confirmed by VNG were included

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with balance problem other than BPPV,
• Patients receiving any medication prior to therapeutic maneuver were excluded

Trial design

232 participants in 2 patient groups

BPPV without migraine

Description:

Two hundred and sixty-three patients with BPPV (2009-2014), confirmed by videonystagmography (VNG), were enrolled in the study. Patients' charts were reviewed. They were grouped as those with or without migraine. Distribution of gender, age, duration of symptoms and affected side were reviewed. Two hundred and thirty-one patients with no migraine were identified.

Treatment:

Procedure: Particle re-positioning maneuver

BPPV with migraine

Description:

Thirty-two patients (11.4%) with migraine were identified. Diagnosis and classification of migraine and its differentiation from other type of headaches was based on third edition of International classification of headache disorders (ICHD-III beta) by international headache society (IHS). All patients with migraine had migrainous headache with or without aura and they all were diagnosed in our institution and followed by our neurology staff.

Treatment:

Procedure: Particle re-positioning maneuver