Alcohol use problems in migraine and tension-type headache

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Renan B. Domingues¹  Simone A. Domingues¹  Cássio B. Lacerda¹  Tarnara V.c. Machado¹  Halina Duarte¹  Antônio L. Teixeira¹ 

关键词: migraine;    alcohol;    tension-type headache;    alcohol use disorders;    migrânea;    álcool;    cefaleia do tipo tensional;    consumo problemático de álcool;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20130186

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess alcohol use problems in patients with migraine and tension-type headache. Method: We evaluated 81 patients with migraine and 62 patients with tension-type headache. The identification of alcohol consumption problems was carried out with Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol use problem was defined as an AUDIT score of 8 or above. The headache impact was calculated with headache impact test (HIT-6). Results: The proportions of alcohol use problem among patients with migraine and tension-type headache were 5.2% and 16.1%, respectively (P=0.044). The headache impact was significantly higher with migraine than with tension-type headache (P<0.0001). There was an inverse correlation between headache impact and AUDIT (P=0.043). Conclusions: Our results suggest that migraine patients are less prone to alcohol use problems than tension-type headache patients. One of the possible reasons is that migraine is associated with greater impact than tension-type headache.

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