Table 1.
Summary of included articles.
| First author, publication year | Study Title | Aim of study | Study design | Country in which study conducted | Practice setting | Ages of patients | Total number of participants (including controls) | Number of patients with vestibular migraine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adegbiji et al., 2014 | Vertigo presentation in developing country, Nigeria | To determine clinical and epidemiological features of vertigo in Ado Ekiti | Cross-sectional | Nigeria | Tertiary/referral hospital | Both children and adults | 178 | 12 |
| Anshul et al., 2020 | Ayurvedic management of chronic migraine through mashbaladi pachan kashaya nasya: A case study | To evaluate the effect of two Indian traditional systems of medicine on migraine | Case study/Case series | India | Other: Ayurveda clinic | Adults (18+) | 1 | 1 |
| Ashish et al., 2017 | Subjective Visual Vertical and Horizontal in Vestibular Migraine | To compare results of static and dynamic subjective visual vertical and horizontal testing in patients with vestibular migraine with those of healthy individuals | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 148 | 66 |
| Bansal, 2016 | Common causes of vertigo and dizziness in Gujarat | To report common causes of dizziness and vertigo in Gujarat | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 35 | 3 |
| Das et al., 2017 | Dizziness in a Tertiary Care Centre in Sikkim: Our Experience and Limitations | To investigate the causes of dizziness and the limitations and challenges in the diagnosis | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Both children and adults | 75 | 3 |
| Dash et al., 2008 | Migraine and audiovestibular dysfunction: is there a correlation? | To study audiovestibular functions in cases of migraine with or without vertigo | Prospective cohort | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 50 | 38 |
| El-Badry et al., 2017 | Clinical criteria of positional vertical nystagmus in vestibular migraine | To identify key diagnostic criteria for positional vertical nystagmus caused by vestibular migraine | Case study/Case series | Egypt | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 13 | 13 |
| ElSherif et al., 2020 | Eye movements and imaging in vestibular migraine | To evaluate eye movement using videonystagmography and video head impulse test and to study the occipital lobe metabolic profile in vestibular migraine patients | Case control study | Egypt | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 45 | 25 |
| Haripriya et al., 2021 | Prevalence, clinical profile, and diagnosis of pediatric dizziness in a tertiary care hospital | To ascertain the prevalence of pediatric vertigo in children presenting to the otolaryngology clinic of a tertiary care hospital | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Children (<18) | 89 | 25 |
| Ky et al., 2021 | Study of the features of systemic dizziness in patients with chronic and recurrent migraine | To determine the type of vertigo in patients with chronic migraine and episodic migraine | Cross-sectional | Vietnam | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 113 | 66 |
| Lepcha et al., 2014 | Flunarizine in the prophylaxis of migrainous vertigo: a randomized controlled trial | To evaluate efficacy of flunarizine in patients with migrainous vertigo when compared to non-specific vestibular treatment of betahistine and vestibular exercise | Randomized controlled trial | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 52 | 52 |
| Mamindla et al., 2020 | A descriptive epidemiological study on migraine | To conduct an observational study in migraine patients | Cross-sectional | India | Other: epidemiological or database study | Both children and adults | 415 | 2 |
| Mostafa et al., 2014 | Central vestibular dysfunction in an otorhinolaryngological vestibular unit: incidence and diagnostic strategy | To determine the incidence of central vestibular disorders in patients presenting to a vestibular unit in a tertiary referral academic center | Cross-sectional | Egypt | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 100 | 4 |
| Mouelhi et al., 2020 | Sparse classification of discriminant nystagmus features using combined video-oculography tests and pupil tracking for common vestibular disorder recognition | To propose a novel automated approach to achieve both selection and classification of nystagmus parameters in vestibular disorders | Diagnostic test accuracy study | Tunisia | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 120 | 30 |
| Ogah, 2017 | Etiology of Vertigo as Seen at the Federal Medical Center Lokoja, North Central Nigeria | To determine the prevalence and causes of vertigo in Federal Medical Center Lokoja, North Central Nigeria | Cross-sectional | Nigeria | Tertiary/referral hospital | Both children and adults | 50 | 1 |
| Olusesi, 2016 | 10 years of Vertigo Clinic at National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria: what have we learned? | To report management outcomes of peripheral vestibular diseases from Africa | Cross-sectional | Nigeria | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 561 | 32 |
| Prakash et al., 2008 | Headaches related to triptans therapy in patients of migrainous vertigo | To report 3 female patients in which administration of triptan was associated with induction or exacerbation of headache with disappearance of vertigo | Case study/Case series | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 3 | 3 |
| Prakash et al., 2009 | Migrainous vertigo responsive to intravenous methylprednisolone: case reports | To report 4 patients with migrainous vertigo who showed response to intravenous methylprednisolone | Case study/Case series | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 4 | 4 |
| Prakash et al., 2021 | Bilateral persistent ophthalmoplegia in a patient with migraine: persistent migraine aura without infarction? | To report a patient who had an attack of a headache with diplopia, vertigo and tinnitus | Case study/Case series | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 1 | 1 |
| Sen et al., 2016 | The vertigo spectrum: A retrospective analysis in 149 walk-in patients at a specialised neurotology clinic | To assess the frequencies of different kinds of vertigo patients in a vertigo clinic | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 149 | 31 |
| Sunitha et al., 2019 | Vertigo: Incidences, Diagnosis and Its Relations with Hearing Loss | To evaluate the various causes of vertigo based on the vertigo attacks and hearing loss | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 150 | 4 |
| Swain et al., 2018 | Vertigo among elderly people: Our experiences at a tertiary care teaching hospital of Eastern India | To evaluate the etiology, clinical profile, morbidity, diagnosis, and management of vertigo among elderly patients at a tertiary care teaching hospital of Eastern India | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 72 | 19 |
| Swain et al., 2020 | Vertigo in Children: Our Experiences at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Eastern India | To evaluate vertigo among pediatric age presenting to the vertigo clinic | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Children (<18) | 108 | 36 |
| Syed et al., 2020 | Clinico-aetiological profile of patients with vertigo: A cross-sectional observational study | To study the clinical profile and various aetiological factors for vertigo in patients with actual sensation of rotatory motion | Cross-sectional | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 110 | 4 |
| Taghdiri et al., 2014 | Cinnarizine for the prophylaxis of migraine associated vertigo: a retrospective study | To assess efficacy and safety of cinnarizine for prophylaxis of migraine associated vertigo | Retrospective cohort | Iran | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 40 | 24 |
| Udagatti et al., 2017 | Migraine Related Vertigo | To report a case of vestibular migraine and outline a protocol for management | Case study/Case series | India | Tertiary/referral hospital | Adults (18+) | 1 | 1 |