Correlation between migraine subtipes and depression

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Renan Barros Domingues²  Esther Angélica Coelho Costa¹  Ariovaldo Da Silva Jr¹  Simone Aires Domingues²  Juliana Cardoso Leal¹  Rodrigo Santiago Gomez¹  Antônio Lúcio Teixeira Jr¹ 

[1] ,Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde de Vitória Headache Clinic Vitória ES ,Brazil

关键词: migraine;    chronic migraine;    analgesic abuse;    depression;    migrânea;    migrânea crônica;    abuso de analgésicos;    depressão;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2008000400009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study has evaluated depression in patients with episodic migraine (n=98), chronic migraine without medication overuse (n=23), and chronic migraine with medication overuse (n=57). The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to evaluate depressive symptoms in these three groups. The mean BDI score obtained in all patients was higher than that observed in asymptomatic subjects (episodic migraine=16.09±11.79, chronic migraine with medication overuse=18.91±12.53, chronic migraine without medication overuse=19.83±14.79). This finding corroborates previous studies suggesting a co-morbid association between migraine and depression. Depression did not seem to be crucial in the transformation of migraine as the median BDI scores did not differ significantly between patients with episodic and chronic migraine. The median BDI scores of the patients with chronic migraine with medication overuse and that patients with chronic migraine without medication overuse were similar as well. Therefore, medication overuse behavior may not be related with depression.

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