Depression and anxiety in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension compared to migraine: A matched controlled cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate mental health burden in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) compared to matched women with migraine and population controls.

Background

Depression and anxiety are recognized comorbid conditions in those with IIH and lead to worse predicted medical outcomes. The mental health burden in IIH has not been previously evaluated in a large, matched cohort study.

Methods

We performed a population-based matched, retrospective cohort study to explore mental health outcomes (depression and anxiety). We used data from IQVIA Medical Research Data, an anonymized, nationally representative primary care electronic medical records database in the United Kingdom, from January 1, 1995, to September 25, 2019. Women aged ≥16 years were eligible for

SUBMITTER: Mollan SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952318 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature