Impact of monthly headache days on anxiety, depression and disability in migraine patients: results from the Spanish Atlas

Identifying highly disabled patients or at high risk of psychiatric comorbidity is crucial for migraine management. The burden of migraine increases with headache frequency, but the number of headache days (HDs) per month after which disability becomes severe or the risk of anxiety and depression is...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2021-04, Vol.11 (1), p.8286-8286, Article 8286
Main Authors: Irimia, P., Garrido-Cumbrera, M., Santos-Lasaosa, S., Aguirre-Vazquez, M., Correa-Fernández, J., Colomina, I., Pozo-Rosich, P.
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Language:English
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Anxiety
Disability
Headache
Headaches
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mental depression
Migraine
multidisciplinary
Quality of life
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:Identifying highly disabled patients or at high risk of psychiatric comorbidity is crucial for migraine management. The burden of migraine increases with headache frequency, but the number of headache days (HDs) per month after which disability becomes severe or the risk of anxiety and depression is higher has not been established. Here, we estimate the number of HDs per month after which migraine is associated with higher risk of anxiety and depression, severe disability and lower quality of life. We analysed 468 migraine patients (mean age 36.8 ± 10.7; 90.2% female), of whom 38.5% had ≥ 15 HDs per month. Our results show a positive linear correlation between the number of HDs per month and the risk of anxiety (r = 0.273; p 
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-87352-2