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. 2017 Apr 3;8:124. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00124

Table 2.

Comparisons of frequency of dizziness, emotional distress, somatic catastrophizing, and center of gravity fluctuation measurements between groups and time points (two-way repeated measures analysis of variance).

VM group Tension-type headache group Non-headache group Main effect of time Main effect of group Interaction




Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD F p F p F p
Age 47.68 ± 18.18 58.80 ± 16.38 67.66 ± 13.58 24.41 <0.0001

Frequency of dizziness Time 1 5.36 ± 2.36 5.01 ± 2.75 4.61 ± 3.09 39.67 <0.0001 0.39 NS 0.85 NS
Time 2 3.43 ± 2.30 3.90 ± 2.56 3.47 ± 3.02
Time 3 2.96 ± 2.28 3.07 ± 2.66 3.04 ± 3.07

HADS-A Time 1 8.86 ± 4.40 10.53 ± 4.90 6.64 ± 4.17 34.12 <0.0001 23.87 <0.0001 1.10 NS
Time 2 6.93 ± 4.98 7.57 ± 4.58 4.65 ± 3.54
Time 3 7.07 ± 4.31 7.51 ± 4.38 4.58 ± 3.70

HADS-D Time 1 7.57 ± 3.68 9.66 ± 4.06 6.32 ± 3.79 32.64 <0.0001 21.00 <0.0001 0.52 NS
Time 2 6.04 ± 3.70 7.65 ± 4.14 4.86 ± 3.68
Time 3 5.54 ± 3.95 7.25 ± 4.10 4.54 ± 3.37

SSCS Time 1 91.48 ± 20.86 88.10 ± 21.33 77.63 ± 22.01 66.80 <0.0001 6.16 0.002 2.11 NS
Time 2 70.93 ± 24.24 75.15 ± 20.40 65.22 ± 20.50
Time 3 70.26 ± 23.18 72.51 ± 23.10 66.35 ± 22.54

LNG eye opening Time 1 101.58 ± 39.87 108.83 ± 46.06 112.57 ± 46.91 1.92 NS 0.74 NS 0.10 NS
Time 2 98.65 ± 40.43 113.89 ± 113.92 112.24 ± 88.31
Time 3 89.14 ± 28.74 100.80 ± 44.92 103.47 ± 54.29

LNG eye closing Time 1 131.33 ± 52.91 159.72 ± 106.87 155.68 ± 84.31 8.45 0.001 0.68 NS 0.77 NS
Time 2 137.98 ± 103.38 143.12 ± 76.20 146.48 ± 83.45
Time 3 115.62 ± 36.97 132.20 ± 77.54 136.92 ± 78.37

ENV eye opening Time 1 5.92 ± 4.11 6.22 ± 5.04 5.68 ± 4.39 0.07 NS 0.36 NS 0.23 NS
Time 2 6.46 ± 8.59 6.00 ± 4.59 5.22 ± 6.08
Time 3 5.86 ± 4.43 5.97 ± 6.35 5.50 ± 8.92

ENV eye closing Time 1 10.03 ± 10.38 9.72 ± 11.70 8.64 ± 9.95 4.40 0.02 0.61 NS 1.41 NS
Time 2 12.25 ± 29.30 8.36 ± 13.80 7.06 ± 10.17
Time 3 6.64 ± 4.75 7.22 ± 7.72 7.04 ± 9.09

VM, vestibular migraine; HADS-A and D, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—Anxiety scale and Depression scale; SSCS, Somatosensory Catastrophizing Scale; LNG, total length of path; ENV, environmental area.

Results of post hoc test—age: VM < tension-type headache < non-headache; frequency of dizziness: time 1 > 2 > 3; HADS-A: time 1 > 2 and 3; VM and tension-type headache > non-headache; HADS-D: time 1 > 2 and 3; tension-type headache > VM and non-headache; SSCS: time 1 > 2 and 3; tension-type headache > non-headache; LNG during eye closing: time 1 and 2 > 3; ENV during eye closing: time 1 > 3.