The Rorschach Test Evaluation in Chronic Childhood Migraine: A Preliminary Multicenter Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Object

About 1.2-3.2% of children at 7 years of age with increasing age up to 4-19% in adolescents are suffering from migraine without aura (MwA). The aim of the present study is investigating the personality style associated with children and adolescents affected by MwA, administrating the Rorschach test, and comparing with typical developing healthy controls (TD).

Methods

137 patients (74 males), aged 7.3-17.4 years (mean age 11.4, SD 3.02 years), affected by MwA according to the IHs-3 criteria. The Rorschach variables were treated as numerical variables and statistically tested with t-Student's analysis.

Results

No statistical differences were found between the MwA and TD for age (p = 0.55), and gender (p = 0.804). From the comparison between t

SUBMITTER: Esposito M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5733029 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature