NCT02615314

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 232 (actual)
• Sponsor: Anadolu Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 84 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Migraine
• Positional Vertigo

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Particle re-positioning maneuver	Patients with posterior canal BPPV (PC-BPPV) were treated with Epley maneuver. Patients with superior canal (SC-BPPV) were treated with Li or reverse Epley maneuver. Patients with lateral canal (LC) apogeotropic or geotropic nystagmus were treated with Barbeque, Semont's or Gufoni maneuvers. If geotropic or ageotropic type nystagmus is equal intensity on both sides. The involved side was determined according to the patient sense of disturbance or lying down positioning test. If the patient has involvement of both sides according to Dix-Hallpike maneuver. Therapeutic maneuver was applied to the more severe side. All patients were re-evaluated at maximum 7 days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2015-11-26
• Last updated: 2015-11-26