The role of personality and psychopathology in people with migraines

Abstract

Introduction Several studies have shown that the relationship between migraine and psychological factors is significant, but few have evaluated the relationship between these psychological factors and patients’ social life. Objectives Exploring the role of personality and psychopathology in people with migraines. Methods The sample consisted of 180 people, more specifically 140 people from the general population and 40 people who have been diagnosed with migraine and receiving treatment for migraine, who completed the following questionnaires voluntarily and anonymously: a) Migraine Experience Questionnaire and Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6), b) Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, c) Symtom Checklist 90-R (SCL-90) and socio-demographic and self-reported questionnaire. Results Patients scored higher somatization rates (10.21 ± 8.08), phobic anxiety (3.00 ± 4.45), neuroticism (4.09 ± 1.37), than people from the general population who scored lower somatization rates (14.63 ± 3.12), Phobic anxiety (5.28 ± 1.89), Neuroticism (6.53 ± 2.12), with a statistically significant difference between them (p = 0.001), (p = 0.002), (p = 0.000), respectively. Conclusions Patients with symptoms of migraine show statistically higher rates of somatization, phobic anxiety, neuroticism and further study is considered necessary. Disclosure of Interest None Declared