TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical and psychosocial features of frequent relapsers (FR) among patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse
AU - Raggi, Alberto
AU - Grazzi, Licia
AU - Ayadi, Roberta
AU - Leonardi, Matilde
AU - Proietti, Alberto
AU - Schiavolin, Silvia
AU - Scaratti, Chiara
AU - Usai, Susanna
AU - D’Amico, Domenico
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - The objective was to characterize frequent relapsers (FR)—i.e. those requiring two or more withdrawals in a 3-year period—in a sample of 188 patients with chronic migraine with medication overuse (CM-MO). We tested differences between FR and non-FR for age, gender, employment status, days with headache, headache severity, type of overused medication, BDI-II, WHODAS 2.0 and MSQ. 30.8% of participants were FR: they were more frequently treated as inpatients and living alone, had a lower education, higher disability and lower QoL, higher frequency and intensity of headaches, and higher depression scores. Clinicians should address whether CM-MO patients submitted to withdrawal had recently underwent other similar interventions.
AB - The objective was to characterize frequent relapsers (FR)—i.e. those requiring two or more withdrawals in a 3-year period—in a sample of 188 patients with chronic migraine with medication overuse (CM-MO). We tested differences between FR and non-FR for age, gender, employment status, days with headache, headache severity, type of overused medication, BDI-II, WHODAS 2.0 and MSQ. 30.8% of participants were FR: they were more frequently treated as inpatients and living alone, had a lower education, higher disability and lower QoL, higher frequency and intensity of headaches, and higher depression scores. Clinicians should address whether CM-MO patients submitted to withdrawal had recently underwent other similar interventions.
KW - Chronic migraine
KW - Disability evaluation
KW - Medication overuse
KW - Relapse rate
KW - Withdrawal
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U2 - 10.1007/s10072-017-2894-9
DO - 10.1007/s10072-017-2894-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019617903
VL - 38
SP - 169
EP - 171
JO - Neurological Sciences
JF - Neurological Sciences
SN - 1590-1874
ER -