Coronavirus disease-19 and headache; impact on pre-existing and characteristics of de novo: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Impact of COVID-19 of preexisting headache

Variables	Patient with Migraine		p	Patients with TTH		p
Variables	Before infection	After infection	p	Before infection	After infection	p
Attack severity
Mean ± SD	7.235 ± 2.05	7.42 ± 2.36	0.501	5.556 ± 1.86	7 ± 2.25	0.033*
Headache days per month
Means± SD	8.18 ± 7.36	8.55 ± 7.17	0.584	7 ± 6.29	12.72 ± 7.96	0.006*
Analgesic use days per month
Means± SD	2.31 ± 1.65	3.05 ± 2.09	0.002*	2.28 ± 1.74	3.06 ± 2.44	0.177

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease-19, SD standard deviation, TTH tension type headache
*=P < 0.05, Paired sample t-test

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