A cross-sectional, multicenter survey of the prevalence and influencing factors for migraine in epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Epilepsy and migraine are common chronic neurological disease. Epidemiologic studies and shared pathophysiology and treatment suggest that these two diseases overlap. However, migraine is often underestimated among patients with epilepsy. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of migraine and identify the related influencing factors among adult patients with epilepsy.

Methods

Adult patients with epilepsy were recruited at the outpatient epilepsy clinic of 13 tertiary hospitals in China from February to September 2022. ID Migraine questionnaire was applied to evaluate for migraine. Both univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were used to explore the influencing factors of migraine.

Results

A total of 1326 patients with epilepsy were en

SUBMITTER: Shi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11296102 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature