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01-12-2015 | Oral presentation
O070. The association between temperament, depression, hopelessness and quality of life in medication-overuse headache patients
Authors:
Monica Migliorati, Federica Ricci, Denise Erbuto, Samantha Bellini, Maurizio Pompili
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Migraine is one of the major causes of disability and lost working days worldwide[
1]. Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is one of the most common forms of chronic daily headache (CDH)[
2], with a prevalence in the adult general population of 1%-2%[
3]. MOH is often comorbid with emotional disturbances and disordered personality traits. The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of mental illness among patients with migraine. To evaluated if depression, hopelessness, suicide risk and quality of life were associated with temperament and trauma in MOH patients. …