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- Title
Clinical and psychosocial features of frequent relapsers (FR) among patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse.
- Authors
Raggi, Alberto; Grazzi, Licia; Ayadi, Roberta; Leonardi, Matilde; Proietti, Alberto; Schiavolin, Silvia; Scaratti, Chiara; Usai, Susanna; D'Amico, Domenico
- Abstract
The objective was to characterize frequent relapsers (FR)-i.e. those requiring two or more withdrawals in a 3-year period-in a sample of 188 patients with chronic migraine with medication overuse (CM-MO). We tested differences between FR and non-FR for age, gender, employment status, days with headache, headache severity, type of overused medication, BDI-II, WHODAS 2.0 and MSQ. 30.8% of participants were FR: they were more frequently treated as inpatients and living alone, had a lower education, higher disability and lower QoL, higher frequency and intensity of headaches, and higher depression scores. Clinicians should address whether CM-MO patients submitted to withdrawal had recently underwent other similar interventions.
- Subjects
DISEASE relapse; MIGRAINE; DRUG abuse; HEADACHE; MENTAL depression; PATIENTS
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2017, Vol 38, p169
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-017-2894-9