ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2013
Alexithymia and its impact on quality of life in a group of Brazilian women with migraine without aura.
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- Health-related quality of life and associated factors in Chinese menstrual migraine patients: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2022Trial
- Subscales of alexithymia show unique pathways through reappraisal and suppression to anxiety, depression and stress.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Alexithymia impairs quality of life in irritable bowel syndrome.Future science OA · 2023Article
- Tension-Type Headache in Children and Adolescents.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Assessment of quality of life in individuals with chronic headache. Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF.BMC neurology · 2020Article
- Alexithymia Is Associated with Reduced Quality of Life and Increased Caregiver Burden in Parkinson's Disease.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- The relationship between alexithymia and headache impact: the role of somatization and pain catastrophizing.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Headache and Alexithymia in Children and Adolescents: What Is the Connection?Frontiers in psychology · 2018Review
- Alexithymia in Chronic Pain Disorders.Current rheumatology reports · 2016Review
- Alexithymia and psychopathological symptoms in adolescent outpatients and mothers suffering from migraines: a case control study.The journal of headache and pain · 2016Article
- P008. Alexithymia and chronic migraine with medication overuse: what relationship?The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
- Alexithymic characteristics in pediatric patients with primary headache: a comparison between migraine and tension-type headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
- Functioning of women with migraine headaches.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2014Article
- Cardiovascular disease risk in women with migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundMigraine is a type of primary headache widely known for its impact on quality of life of patients. Although the psychological aspects of the disease are receiving increasing attention in current research, some of them, as alexithymia, are still seldom explored. This study aimed to provide evidence on the relationships between markers of depression, anxiety, alexithymia, self-reflection, insight and quality of life in migraine.
methodsForty female outpatients from a Brazilian specialized headache hospital service and a paired control group were compared.
resultsThe results revealed that women with migraine had higher levels of depression, anxiety and alexithymia, and lower levels of quality of life, self-reflection and insight, compared to controls. Quality of life in women with migraine was predicted by levels of depression and one alexithymia factor (ability to express emotions and fantasies). A binary regression analysis between clinical and control groups revealed the migraine group to comprise individuals with high anxiety, low quality of life in the physical domain and the presence of a concrete thinking style.
conclusionsThe results highlight the relevance of considering psychological variables in the routine healthcare practices for migraine patients in general, while keeping steady attention to individual case features.
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