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Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Vestibular Migraine in Children and Adolescent

NCT05914207 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2023-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Vestibular dysfunction has traditionally been linked to various conditions that affect older adults. Recent studies have shown that children and adolescents suffer from vestibular impairments, yet the numbers are still low due to some factors, including the non-typical presentations. Vestibular migraine has been found to be the most common condition of vestibular dysfunction among children and adolescents. Nonetheless, most children remain undiagnosed due to lack awareness and vague clinical presentations. Parallel to that, there has been no consensus regarding the management algorithm. Most children are managed with pharmacological management extrapolated from the adult algorithm. Many clinicians fail to understand that pharmacological treatments are not sustainable long-term and should focus on lifestyle modifications such as sleep and dietary habits and other non-pharmacological treatments such as deep breathing exercises and vestibular rehabilitation therapy. This study aims to investigate the effect of non-pharmacological treatment in managing children and adolescents with VM. The investigators will use a standardised questionnaire before and after interventions to investigate the effect of lifestyle modifications, simple vestibular rehabilitation exercises and deep breathing techniques in children and adolescents with VM. Lifestyle modifications and vestibular rehabilitation exercise is a more sustainable way of managing children and adolescents with VM, avoiding the side effects of medication, and is more cost-effective. If the non-pharmacological treatment shows promising results, the investigators will continue with multicentre randomised-controlled studies.

Conditions

  • Vestibular Migraine

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle modifications

Written suggestions on lifestyle modifications including duration of sleep, meal frequency, reduce screen time, exercise duration, food to avoid.

OTHER

Vestibular rehabilitation exercise

Each participant will be taught simple home-based vestibular rehabilitation exercise, which needs to be repeated

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaya

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-01
Primary Completion
2024-11-01
Completion
2024-12-01

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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