Personality in patients with migraine evaluated with the temperament and character inventory

The objective of this study was to assess the personality profile of a sample of Mexican patients with migraine using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). A cross-sectional study was performed including adult migraine patients identified from the outpatient neurology clinics of two large t...

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Published in:Journal of headache and pain 2007-04, Vol.8 (2), p.94-104
Main Authors: SANCHEZ-ROMAN, Sofia, TELLEZ-ZENTENO, Jose F, ZERMENO-PHOLS, Fernando, GARCIA-RAMOS, Guillermo, VELAZQUEZ, Antonio, DERRY, Paul, HERNANDEZ, Marli, RESENDIZ, Areli, GUEVARA-LOPEZ, Uriah M
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Character
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Hispanic people
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Migraine
Migraine Disorders - classification
Migraine Disorders - epidemiology
Migraine Disorders - physiopathology
Neurology
Original
Pathology
Personality
Personality Inventory
Personality traits
Reproducibility of Results
Temperament
Testing
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:The objective of this study was to assess the personality profile of a sample of Mexican patients with migraine using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). A cross-sectional study was performed including adult migraine patients identified from the outpatient neurology clinics of two large teaching hospitals in Mexico City. Patients were asked to voluntarily participate in the study. A physician conducted a standardised diagnostic interview adhering to the criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS). Patients were interviewed and administered the TCI. We used two healthy controls groups and a third group of non-migraine pain controls. One hundred and fortytwo subjects with migraine, 108 healthy blood donors, 269 young healthy controls and 30 patients with non-migraine pain (NMP) were included in the study. Patients with migraine had higher scores in the dimension harm avoidance (HA) and all its sub-dimensions (p
ISSN:1129-2369
1129-2377
DOI:10.1007/s10194-007-0352-9