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Table 6 Quality of life (WHOQOL scores) among participants with headache, by headache type, with and without comorbid psychiatric disorder

From: Comorbidities of psychiatric and headache disorders in Nepal: implications from a nationwide population-based study

Headache type

WHOQOL score (mean ± SD)

HADS-A caseness

(N = 340)

HADS-D caseness

(N = 109)

HADS-cAD caseness

(N = 137)

Present

Absent

p*

Present

Absent

p*

Present

Absent

p*

Migraine (N = 728)

25.7 ± 4.1

26.9 ± 3.9

<0.001

24.6 ± 2.9

26.9 ± 3.9

<0.001

22.7 ± 3.6

27.1 ± 3.7

<0.001

Tension-type headache (N = 863)

27.2 ± 3.8

28.4 ± 3.7

<0.001

24.9 ± 3.2

28.4 ± 3.7

<0.001

24.4 ± 3.2

28.4 ± 3.6

<0.001

Headache on ≥15 d/m (N = 161)

25.1 ± 4.2

26.2 ± 3.9

0.10

24.0 ± 3.2

25.9 ± 4.1

0.11

21.6 ± 3.4

26.4 ± 3.8

<0.001

  1. *Student’s t-test, d/m: days/month