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- Title
High Achievement Motivation is Not Related to Increased Use of Acute Headache Medication in Migraine: A Cross‐sectional Observational Cohort Study.
- Authors
Sorgenfrei, Verena; Kropp, Peter; Straube, Andreas; Ruscheweyh, Ruth
- Abstract
Objective: To determine if migraine patients with high achievement motivation have an increased use of acute headache medication. Background: It has been hypothesized that high achievement‐motivated migraine patients have an increased use of acute headache medication to be able to perform at work and during daily life, putting them at risk for medication overuse headache (MOH). Methods: The Achievement Motivation Inventory and use of acute headache medication were assessed in 117 migraine patients (60 episodic, 57 chronic) at their first appointment at our tertiary headache center. Results: Patients with low vs high achievement motivation were not significantly different in acute headache medication days per month (10.8 ± 6.9 vs 10.9 ± 7.8, P =.98), in acute headache medication use in the absence of headache (to prevent occurrence of headache later that day: 51.8% vs 48.2%, P =.38), in having a diagnosis of MOH (37.9 vs 23.7%, P =.12), or in reduction of acute headache medication days at 3 and 6 months follow‐up (both P >.20). Conclusions: High achievement motivation in migraine patients was not associated with increased acute headache medication use or more frequent diagnosis of MOH.
- Subjects
HEADACHE diagnosis; ANALGESICS; HEADACHE risk factors; LONGITUDINAL method; MIGRAINE; MOTIVATION (Psychology); SCIENTIFIC observation; QUESTIONNAIRES; ACHIEVEMENT; CROSS-sectional method; ACUTE diseases; TERTIARY care
- Publication
Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain, 2018, Vol 58, Issue 10, p1629
- ISSN
0017-8748
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/head.13431