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Published on: June 2, 2014
Post-traumatic stress disorder is not over-represented in a sample population of migraine patients
Gal Ifergane1, Dan Buskila, Nino Simiseshvely
1Headache Clinic, Department of Neurology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Introduction:
Exposure to extreme stress can result in a variety of clinical sequelae, in terms of severity and type, of which post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the prototype. PTSD was previously associated with chronic pain and primary pain disorders.
Objective:
To evaluate the prevalence of PTSD among migraine patients and to assess its relation to migraine severity.
Methods:
We evaluated 92 consecutive patients fulfilling the international headache society criteria for migraine with and without aura treated in the Headache Clinic of the Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva using the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), and headache severity scales (HIT-6 and MIDAS).
Results:
The prevalence of specific traumatic events in migraine patients was 16.3% (n=15). Six patients (6.5%) of the 92 patients met the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Migraine patients with co-morbid PTSD had higher MIDAS scores than other migraine patients.
Conclusions:
Migraine patients do not suffer from PTSD more than the general population. When they do suffer from PTSD they report high levels of disability.
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