Abstract
Primary headache syndromes’ development is associated with biological, psychological and social parameters. Factors such as daily habits, behavioral characteristics and sleep disorders also play an important role. We aim to identify the variables which affect the above factors. The study included 111 patients affected by primary headache. The patients were stratified into subgroups according to gender, age, occupation and headache type. Women attained higher scores than men in three of the evaluation rating scales and lower scores in the severity of dependence scale. Occupation was associated with SF36 and Hamilton anxiety scale. Unemployed had higher scores in Hamilton anxiety. Migraineurs and occupied individuals have lower SF36 scores. Women are associated with depression, anxiety and higher disability derived from headache. Men are more prone to dependence on opioids. Unemployment was linked with anxiety and well-being. The migraneurs presented a decreased level of quality of life.
Highlights
This paper aspires to explore the variables which affect aspects of quality of life such as sleep, disability, depression, anxiety and addiction to opioids of patients who suffer from primary headache
Women are associated with depression, Kruskal-Wallis) were performed in order to anxiety and higher disability derived from Scales investigate differences between the levels headache
The assessment of headache related disability of migraneurs was obtained with the Migraine Disability Assessment test (MIDAS).[2]
Summary
Athanasia Alexoudi,[1] Konstadinos Politis,[2] Anthi Moukidou,[2] Rebekka Tsatovidou,[3] Sarantoula Ververaki,[3] Antonios Tavernarakis,[3] Anna Siatouni,[1] characteristics, cognitive and sleep disorders play an important role in explaining the occurrence of pain.[1]. University of Athens, Greece e on Abstract s Primary headache syndromes’ developu ment is associated with biological, psychol logical and social parameters. Factors such ia as daily habits, behavioral characteristics and sleep disorders play an important rc role. Women are associated with depression, Kruskal-Wallis) were performed in order to anxiety and higher disability derived from Scales investigate differences between the levels headache. The assessment of headache related disability of migraneurs was obtained with the Migraine Disability Assessment test (MIDAS).[2] Sleep disorders were evaluated with the Epworth and the Athens Insomnia of the control variables with regard to the scores in the above mentioned scales. Besides the ticipants was assessed with the SF-36.8 Statistical Package for the Social Sciences hereditary factors, daily habits, behavioral a semi-structured questionnaire (SPSS) 22.0 (IBM, USA) software
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