Stigmatizing attitudes toward people with migraine by people without active migraine: results of the OVERCOME (US) study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Migraine is associated with various types of stigma. This study aims to evaluate stigmatizing attitudes towards people with migraine by people without active migraine.

Methods

OVERCOME (US) was a web survey among adults from a representative US population-based sample that collected information about stigmatizing attitudes of people without active migraine (i.e., no migraine/severe headaches in the previous 12 months) toward people with migraine and related conditions. The following associations were examined in the current analysis: (1) association between stigma toward migraine and relationship to people with migraine, (2) association between stigma toward migraine and sex, and (3) association between stigma toward migraine and historical headache/migraine statu

SUBMITTER: Shapiro RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11899170 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature