ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2015
Migraine equivalents and related symptoms, psychological profile and headache features: which relationship?
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome in Children.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Understanding the nature of psychiatric comorbidity in migraine: a systematic review focused on interactions and treatment implications.The journal of headache and pain · 2019Pooled it
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Retrospective Study at a Single Center for Child Neurology and Psychiatry.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Elucidating biopsychosocial mechanisms in migraine: an integrative analytics approach combining genetics, neuroimaging, and machine learning.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Beyond the Pain: A Critical Examination of the Psychopathological and Neuropsychological Dimensions of Primary Headaches in Pediatric Populations.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- From the New Diagnostic Criteria to COVID-19 Pandemic Passing Through the Placebo Effect. What Have We Learned in the Management of Pediatric Migrane Over the Past 5 Years?Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Pathophysiological Bases of Comorbidity in Migraine.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Review
- I stay at home with headache. A survey to investigate how the lockdown for COVID-19 impacted on headache in Italian children.Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache · 2020Article
- When a Head Is about to Burst: Attachment Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Migraine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The role of attachment insecurity in the emergence of anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents with migraine: an empirical study.The journal of headache and pain · 2017Article
- Non headache phenotypes in pediatric age.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundMigraine equivalents are common clinical conditions in children suffering from headache. Very few studies dealt with the psychological profile of children/adolescents with migraine equivalents. Our main aim was to compare the psychological profile between migraine children with and without migraine equivalents. Moreover, as secondary aim, exclusively in children with migraine equivalents, we investigated the possible relationship between migraine attack frequency and intensity and psychological factors.
methodsWe enrolled 136 young migraineurs. They were divided in two groups (patients with and without migraine equivalents). The psychological profile was assessed by means of SAFA Anxiety and Somatization questionnaires.
resultsMigraine equivalents were present in 101 patients (74.3%). Anxiety (p = 0.024) and somatization (p = 0.001) levels, but not hypochondria (p = 0.26), were higher in patients with migraine equivalents. In children with migraine equivalents, a low frequency of attacks was related to separation anxiety (p = 0.034).
conclusionsMigraine equivalents patients tend to feel more fearful and to experience more shyness. This, together with the tendency to somatization, may lead them to become vigilant in attachment relationships with their caregivers.
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