Gender-related stress factors and emotional perception in migraine: a structured online questionnaire in migraine patients and controls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While migraine is markedly prevalent in women, gender-related phenotype differences were rarely assessed. For this reason, we investigated, through a multicenter observational cross-sectional study, based on an online questionnaire, gender-related differences in stress factors, emotions, and pain perception in migraine patients and controls and their impact on migraine severity.

Methods

The study was designed as an online questionnaire. The link was emailed to healthy subjects (C) and migraine patients (MIG) (age 18-75, education ≥ 13 years) recruited during the first visit in 8 Italian Headache Centers adhering to Italian Society for Headache Study (SISC). The questionnaire included personal/social/work information, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Romance Quality

SUBMITTER: Delussi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10942877 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature