Perceptions of Modulatory Factors in Migraine and Epilepsy: A Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Migraine and epilepsy are both common episodic disorders, typically precipitated or inhibited by some modulatory factors (MFs). Objective: To assess the self-perception of MFs in patients with migraine (PWM) compared to patients with epilepsy (PWE) with a standardized protocol in different countries. Methods: Transcultural multicenter comparative cross-sectional study. All consecutive patients who fulfilled the ICHD-3 criteria for migraine and ILAE's criteria for epilepsy, with at least 1 year of follow-up were interviewed with a semi-structured questionnaire on clinical and epidemiological data and were asked to identify all experienced MFs from a provided list. Results: A total of 608 individuals were surveyed at five university referral centers in

SUBMITTER: Ur Ozcelik E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209378 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature