Abstract
Migraine patients often complain of sleepiness, a problem that manifests both during and outside an attack, may impair the quality of life and can lead to potentially harmful situations. Findings from an uncontrolled study suggest that a high percentage of migraineurs experience excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). We investigated EDS in a case-control study on 100 patients with episodic migraine and 100 age- and sex-matched healthy controls and also assessed sleep quality, anxiety and depression. Although it was found that EDS was more frequent in migraineurs than in controls (14% vs. 5%; odds ratio 3.1; 95% confidence interval 1.1-8.9), the frequency was lower than previously reported. EDS correlated with migraine disability, sleep problems and anxiety. EDS in patients with migraine probably stems from the full constellation of headache-sleep-affective symptoms resulting from the complex clinical burden of the disease.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1115-1119 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Cephalalgia |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2007 |
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Disability
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Migraine
- Sleep
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology