A comparative analysis of personality profile and muscle tenderness between chronic migraine and chronic tension-type headache |
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Authors: | F Mongini E Rota A Deregibus F Mura A Francia Germani T Mongini |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, Headache and Facial Pain Unit, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, I-10126 Turin, Italy |
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Abstract: | Abstract This study was aimed at comparing the personality profile, the psychiatric comorbidity (depression and anxiety) and the tenderness
of the pericranial and cervical muscles in women with chronic migraine (CM) and chronic tension-type headache (CTTH). Forty-one
CM and 34 CTTH women were enrolled. A clinical evaluation (according to SCID-I) and a psychometric assessment (MMPI-2, STAI-1
and STAI-2) were performed. After palpation, a Pericranial muscle Tenderness Score (PTS) and a Cervical Muscle Tenderness
Score (CTS) were calculated. No significant difference was detected in MMPI-2, STAI-1, STAI-2, PTS and CTS scores between
the two groups. Anxiety and depression were present in 80% of CM and in 63% of CTTH women. We did not find any significant
difference either in the personality profile or in the muscle tenderness between CM and CTTH patients. This similarity points
to a role of these factors, in association with psychiatric comorbidity, in the chronicisation of headache. |
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Keywords: | Chronic headache Migraine Tension-type headache Muscle tenderness Personality profile MMPI |
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