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Table 2 Migraine-associated disability, psychiatric symptoms, and quality of life with respect to headache chronicity

From: The role of headache chronicity among predictors contributing to quality of life in patients with migraine: a hospital-based study

 

Mean ± SD (range) or number (%)

p value*

Episodic migraine

Chronic migraine

(n = 183)

(n = 68)

MIDAS score

26.5 ± 32.6 (0-180)

54.1 ± 49.9 (0-180)

<0.001

MIDAS, grade III and IV

114 (62.3)

55 (80.9)

0.006

BDI score

13.4 ± 9.7 (0-42)

18.7 ± 10.5 (0-46)

<0.001

Depression, >16 on BDI

55 (30.1)

36 (52.9)

0.001

BAI score

12.6 ± 10.0 (0-47)

18.9 ± 12.6 (1-61)

<0.001

Anxiety, >21 on BAI

32 (17.5)

26 (38.2)

0.001

MSQoL score

67.3 ± 15.0 (29-96)

56.0 ± 16.5 (25-94)

<0.001

  1. *Independent t test, Mann-Whitney U test, or Fisher’s exact test was applied.
  2. MIDAS: Migraine Disability Assessment Scale, BDI: Beck Depression Inventory, BAI: Beck Anxiety Inventory, MSQoL: Migraine-Specific Quality of Life.
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The Journal of Headache and Pain

ISSN: 1129-2377

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