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[Chronic tension-type headache and depression].

M Serrano-Dueñas1

  • 1Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Carlos Andrade Marín, Facultad de Medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. serranom@pi.pro.ec

Revista De Neurologia
|June 28, 2000
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Tension-type headache (TTH) patients exhibit significant depression rates, similar to migraine sufferers. Depression in TTH persists despite optimal prophylactic treatment, suggesting a complex etiology beyond simple psychogenic factors.

Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry
  • Epidemiology

Context:

  • Tension-type headache (TTH) is a prevalent neurological condition often misattributed to psychogenic causes.
  • Understanding the comorbidity of depression in TTH is crucial for effective patient management.
  • Migraine and TTH share overlapping clinical features, necessitating comparative studies.

Purpose:

  • To investigate the prevalence of depression in patients with chronic TTH.
  • To compare depression levels in TTH patients with those suffering from migraine and healthy controls.
  • To assess the impact of prophylactic treatment on depression in TTH.

Summary:

  • A study involving 89 chronic TTH patients, 31 migraine patients, and 34 controls found significantly higher depression indices in TTH patients compared to asymptomatic controls.

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  • Depression rates in TTH (33.7%) were comparable to migraine patients (32.2%) and did not significantly improve with imipramine treatment.
  • A notable finding was the persistence of depression even with optimal prophylactic treatment in TTH patients.

    • Impact:

    • This research challenges the notion of TTH having solely psychogenic origins by highlighting significant depressive comorbidities.
    • Findings suggest that depression in TTH may require targeted interventions beyond standard prophylactic treatments.
    • The study underscores the need for comprehensive assessment of mental health in headache disorder patients.