Psychiatric Comorbidities and Quality of Life in Patients with Vestibular Migraine and Migraine without Vertigo: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Tertiary Clinic.

ABSTRACT: Background Clinical studies suggest that vestibular migraine patients have psychiatric comorbidities and low life quality. However, the absence of a multidisciplinary approach to vestibular migraine patients, including otorhinolaryngologists and psychiatrists, is concerning. We aimed to investigate these patients comprehensively and to compare the results of three questionnaires-the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), and Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)-between patients with definite vestibular migraine (dVM), migraine without vertigo (MO), and healthy controls (HCs).

Methods

A total of 104 participants were divided into 3 groups: dVM patients (19 participants), MO patients (22 participants), and HCs (63 participants). The scores of the

SUBMITTER: Batinovic F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417936 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature