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Comorbidity of Headache and Depressive Disorders
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The goal of the present study was to investigate the clinical profile of patients with primary headache syndromes who also suffer from mood disorders. Four-hundred-and-seventy headache outpatients (170M, 300F) and 150 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects were screened using a specific questionnaire that included the Hamilton rating scales for anxiety and depression. The average scores of the Hamilton rating scales for anxiety and depression were significantly higher in headache sufferers (17.4 and 14.2, respectively) than in healthy people (6.8 and 5.7, respectively). The frequency of headache attacks, the history of headaches, and gender (women more than men) were correlated with the score of the Hamilton rating scale for both anxiety and depression. Sixteen headache patients (3.4%) achieved the DSM-IV criteria for major depression or dysthymia versus one among headache-free subjects (0.6%; OR 5.2). Patients suffering from drug-overuse and migraine with aura showed the higher odds ratios (35 and 17, respectively). These results suggest that those headache patients with long history and high frequency of headaches, or patients suffering from migraine with aura and drug-overuse might benefit from psychiatric evaluation.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mitsikostas, D., & Thomas, A.
- Affiliations
- Athens Naval & Veterans Hospital (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Mitsikostas, DD
- Venue
- Cephalalgia
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1999-05
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 211-217
- ISSN
- 0333-1024 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2982
- OpenAlex
- W2124679602
- Cited by
- 220
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 4.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Cephalalgia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Migraine and Headache Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
- Keywords
- headache, depressive disorders, comorbidities, mood disorders, anxiety, major depressive disorder, dysthymia, migraine with aura, headache frequency, mental health screening, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Depressive Disorder, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Headache, Humans, Male, Medical Records, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Case-Control Studies
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