Volume 9 Issue 3 (May – June, 2023)

Original Articles

Correlation of Visual and Brainstem Auditory evoked potentials among Migraine patients with the duration of disease
Dr. Mridu Gupta, Dr. Narinder Kaur, Dr. Amar Jyoti, Dr. Rakshanda Dhawan

Aim: To correlate visual and brainstem auditory evoked potentials among migraine patients with the duration of disease. Materials & methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Amritsar during the period of one year (from April 2021 to April 2022) after due approval of the ethical committee. The subjects were recruited from the Out-patient Clinic of Department of Medicine in Neurology OPD. The study group comprising of 50 Migraine patients out of which 35 were without aura and 15 were with aura of age group 19 to 52 years were selected according to International Headache Society Diagnostic Criteria for Migraine. The evoked potentials (both visual & auditory brainstem evoked potentials) were studied with duration of disease. The data was collected. The data thus obtained was analyzed and correlated using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 25.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp. Results on continuous measurement was presented as Mean & SD and categorical as Frequency & percentage. Inferential statistics like the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s correlation test were applied. P <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Among migraine patients with AURA, VEP P100 latency showed correlation with BAEP at wave V and IPL I-V. however; while correlating duration with VEP and BAEP (Left) among remaining wave forms, non-significant results were obtained; both for migraine patients with AURA and without AURA having symptoms on left side Conclusion: Correlation of latencies with the duration of disease showed statistical significance at wave V and IPL I-V in with aura patients.

 
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