One simple question detects motion sickness susceptibility in migraine patients.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
; 90(2): 101382, 2024.
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| ID: mdl-38219449
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To find out if motion sickness susceptibility (MSS) of vestibular migraine (VM) patients and migraine only (MO) patients can be reliably detected with a single simple question "Can you read while travelling in a car without getting motion sick?".METHOD:
Ninety-two definite VM and 58 MO patients and 74 healthy control (HC) subjects were asked about their MSS and about being able to read while riding in a car without becoming motion sick. A Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire (MSSQ-Short) including childhood (MSA), adulthood (MSB) and total (MST) parts was also administered to all participants. ROC curves of MSSQ-Short were prepared for "not being able to read in a car" as the gold standard.RESULTS:
Mean MSA scores were significantly higher in both VM and MO patients than in HCs (pâ¯<â¯0.001), but their scores were not significantly different (pâ¯=â¯0.171). Mean MSB and MST scores were significantly higher in VM than in MO patients (pâ¯<â¯0.001) and both VM and MO patients had significantly higher scores than HCs (pâ¯<â¯0.001). MSA scores were significantly higher than MSB scores in MO patients (pâ¯<â¯0.001). All sections of the questionnaire were associated with high area-under-curve values for MSS detected by the question about being able to read in a car without becoming motion sick.CONCLUSION:
We propose that all migraine patients could have the same level of MSS in childhood but MO patients are able to compensate over years, but VM patients are not. A quick way to determine MSS is to ask about the ability to read without becoming motion sickness while riding a car.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Motion Sickness
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Migraine Disorders
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
Journal subject:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turquía
Country of publication:
Brasil