The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with migraine.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of our work was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine measures on migraine patients in regards to the activity of the disease, the psycho-emotional background of the patients and their quality of life.

Methods

his study included 133 patients with established diagnosis of migraine. All study participants were divided into two clinical groups: A-patients with chronic and episodic forms of migraine, who had a history of positive PCR test for COVID-19, and B-patients with chronic and episodic forms of migraine who did not have a history of coronavirus disease.

Results

We detected increase in the number of antimigraine medication (p = 0.04), frequency of headache attacks (p = 0.01), and the psycho-emotional state dete

SUBMITTER: Hrytsenko O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151915 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature