Skip to main content

Table 3 Quality of life and cognition test scores before and three months after the start of preventive treatment in patients with CM

From: Preventive treatment can reverse cognitive impairment in chronic migraine

 

Pre-treatment

(n = 46)

\(\overline{\mathbf x}\;(\mathbf S\mathbf D)\)  

Post-treatment

(n = 40)

\(\overline{\mathbf x}\;(\mathbf S\mathbf D)\)  

P Value

Migraine

 Frequency

21.58 (5.96)

9.54 (9.8)

0.000

 Intensity

8.25 (1.42)

6.24 (1.98)

0.000

Cognitive measures

 ROCF-c / TFT-c

30.09 (5.4)

30.98 (4.95)

0.227

 ROCF-m / TFT-m

15.78 (7.01)

19.6 (7.55)

0.000

 TMT-A

56.79 (48.25)

44.14 (30.31)

0.007

 TMT-B

112.04 (49.99)

104.19 (56.88)

0.080

Emotional state

 HADS—A

9.69 (4.04)

9.38 (4.79)

0.485

 HADS—D

7.91 (4.71)

7.45 (4.86)

0.171

 BDI-II

18.2 (13.4)

15.23 (13.52)

0.052

Quality of life

 SF-36 PF

67.93 (22.42)

69.73 (25.74)

0.679

 SF-36 RP

20.65 (31.76)

28.75 (36.93)

0.305

 SF-36 BP

26.58 (23.16)

31.48 (19.07)

0.040

 SF-36 GH

39.24 (19.63)

45.13 (19.82)

0.003

 SF-36 VT

48.57 (81.38)

39.85 (18)

0.830

 SF-36 SF

53.53 (26.44)

58.75 (26.88)

0.386

 SF- 36 RE

42.78 (46.98)

60 (43.51)

0.091

 SF-36 MH

53.11 (19.61)

57.33 (21.22)

0.294

 PSQI-GS

10.49 (4.65)

8.97 (4.82)

0.025

  1. ROCF-c Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test, copy task, ROCF-m Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test, memory task, TFT-c Taylor Figure test, copy task, TFT-m Taylor Figure test, memory task, TMT-A Trail Making Test A, attention test, TMT-B Trail Making Test B, divided attention test, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, anxiety subscale, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, depression subscale, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II, SF-36 PF 36-item Short Form Health Survey, physical functioning, SF-36 RP role-physical, SF-36 BP bodily pain, SF-36 GH general health, SF-36 VT vitality, SF-36 SF social functioning, SF-36 RE role-emotional, SF-36 MH mental health, PSQI-GS Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, global score