Citation

Paschoal JK, Lin J, Pinho RS, Andreoni S, Minett TSC, de Souza Vitalle MS, Fisberg M, Peres MF, Vilanova LC, Masruha MR. Pediatr. Int. 2013; 55(6): 741-747.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Japan Pediatric Society, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/ped.12178

PMID

23829487

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The impact of migraine on quality of life (QOL) can be aggravated by other comorbid factors. The aim of the present study was to assess the differences in the QOL of adolescents with chronic migraine, episodic migraine, and healthy adolescents, and whether the differences in QOL among the diagnostic groups were associated with the presence of self-reported psychiatric symptoms, such as depression and anxiety. METHODS: A total of 157 adolescents (15 to 19 years old) were included in the study. Fifty patients had episodic migraine (EM), 56 patients suffered from chronic migraine (CM), and 51 healthy adolescents were controls (CO). All of the participants responded to a detailed headache questionnaire and the Medical Outcomes Trust 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS: CM patients showed a significantly lower QOL than the CO subjects in five dimensions of the SF-36, and lower QOL than the EM patients in four dimensions. High levels of self-reported depressive symptoms were associated with lower QOL in five dimensions and high levels of self-reported anxiety were associated with lower QOL in four dimensions. CONCLUSIONS: The QOL of adolescent migraine sufferers may be aggravated not only by migraine but also by other factors, such as anxiety and depressive symptoms, which may contribute to the poor QOL in adolescents suffering from migraine.

Language: en