Cognitive, Personality, and Family Factors in Patients with Migraine Headache

International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture

Reza Johari-Fard¹  Farzad Goli²  Amirreza Boroumand³ 

[1] Faculty Member, Department of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz Branch, Ahwaz, Iran;Head of Danesh-e Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, Iran AND Faculty Member, Energy Medicine University, California, USA;Researcher, Danesh-e Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, Iran;

关键词: Migraine headache;    Cognitive;    Personality;    Family system;    Psychosomatic;    Migraine specific quality of life questionnaire (MSQ);    Headache impact test (HIT);   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Migraine is a disorder that has debilitating pain, and affects all aspects of life, including the academic, social, and family life of patients. In addition, studies show the effects of migraine on patient's relationships with family members such as spouse, children, and other family members. In addition to physical pain, migraines are tied to significant psychological and economic costs. Migraineurs tend to have high levels of depression and anxiety, and migraine headaches have a profoundly negative impact on sufferers’ quality of life. In the present research, we investigated the correlations and regressions of cognitive, personality, and family factors with migraine headache, to find predictor factors of migraine. In this study, the following questionnaires were used: For migraine: six-item Headache Impact Test (HIT-6), and Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire Version 2.1.; for cognitive factors: Irrational Beliefs Test and Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale; for personality factors: NEO Personality Inventory; and for family factors: Family Assessment Device. This project was on 58 women with migraine headaches, diagnosed by neurologist. The findings show that, there is a significant regression between cognitive, personality, and family factors and HIT-6. In cognitive factors, frustration reactivity and anxious overconcern, in personality factors, extraversion trait, and in family factors, affective involvement are significant. Moreover, there is a significant regression between cognitive, personality, and family factors and MSQ. In cognitive factors, frustration reactivity, anxious overconcern, and helplessness, in personality factors, agreeableness and consciousness, and in family factors, affective involvement and general functioning are significant. This project showed that cognitive, personality, and family factors have a correlation with migraine headache.

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