Video Head Pulse Screening in Community Diabetic Patients
FENG Wenjing
QU Jing
LIU Bo
DU Fengdong
LI Lei
LI Yuanhui
GUO Yichao
GAO Yunhai
Abstract：Objective To report results of video head impulse test(vHIT)vestibular function screening in commu-nity diabetic patients.Methods Diabetic patients(n=32)and control subjects(n=32)in Chaoyang District,Beijing,re-ceived vestibular function assessment using vHIT.Results Significant differences in vHIT gain between the diabetic and control groups were noticed(χ2=10.536,P<0.01).Abnormal saccades occurred in 50%of the diabetic patients,mostly in-volving the horizontal semicircular canal(68.75%),compared to only 9.38%of the subjects in the control group show-ing abnormal saccades,all with horizontal semicircular canal involvement(χ2=14.083,P<0.01).Of the diabetic patients,22(68.75%)had vestibular symptoms and 10(31.25%)did not.vHIT gain showed significant differences for bilateral anterior and right posterior semicircular canals between the two groups(P<0.05),but not for bilateral horizontal and left posterior semicircular canals(P>0.05).Presence of absence of vestibular symptoms had no effects on abnormal saccades(χ2=2.327,P>0.05).Significant differences in vHIT gain were noticed between patients with disease durations≤10 years(n=13)and those with disease durations>10 years(n=19)(P<0.05),with the latter showing more abnormal sac-cades(χ2=6.348,P<0.05).Conclusion vHIT can be used for vestibular function assessment in the community popula-tion.Diabetic patients are prone to vestibular impairment and horizontal semicircular canal involvement is the most com-mon.Prolonged diabetes is associated with increased risks of vestibular function impairment.
Keywords：diabetesvideo head pulse examinationvestibular function
Publication Date：2024-08-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 548-552 )