The Prevalence of Migraine in Anxiety Disorders : a Clinical Study
Morressier, 2017
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Introduction:Few researches have been done to evaluate the prevalence and the characteristics of migraine in patients followed for anxiety disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of migraine in a group of Tunisian patients followed with anxiety disorders in order to better understand the relationship between these two pathologies.Methods:We carried out a retrospective study in patients followed with anxiety disorders at the psychiatric department of the Military Hospital of Tunis. We used the DSM-V criteria for assessing anxiety disorders and the diagnosis of migraine has been established according to the criteria of the International Headache Society. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of the migraine diagnosis.Results:Between January 1st and July 31th, a total of 78 patients with anxiety disorders were included into the study. The main patients age was 38.7u00b110.7 year-old, 2/3 were female. 47.4% of our population were diagnosed with migraine (n=37). The mean duration of the migraine attack was 31.54u00b122.02 hours and only 16.2% of the patients diagnosed with migraine had aura. The major migraine symptom was photophobia (54.1%) and 86.5% was calmed by the usual analgesics. No significant difference in clinical characteristics was observed between the non-migraine patients and the patients diagnosed with migraine (all p= non-significant).Conclusions:In our study, a high prevalence of migraine among patients followed with anxiety disorders was found. Previously, a bidirectional association between migraine and anxiety disorders was reported suggesting a shared etiological mechanism. Further studies are needed to investigate this.
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The Prevalence of Migraine in Anxiety Disorders : a Clinical Study
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Abdeaziz, Oumaya |
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Veröffentlichung: | Morressier, 2017 |
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