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ArticleBMC neurology2017

Headache symptoms from migraine patients with and without aura through structure-validated self-reports.

Jiawei Wang, Bingren Zhang, Chanchan Shen, Jinhua Zhang, Wei Wang

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Jiawei WangDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry/School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Bingren ZhangDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry/School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Chanchan ShenDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry/School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jinhua ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry/School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. drwangwei@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6822-8162

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Abstract

backgroundHeadache symptoms self-reported by migraine patients are largely congruent with the clinician-used diagnostic criteria, but not always so. Patients' self-reports of headache symptoms might offer additional clues to characterize migraine with (MA) and without (MO) aura more precisely.

methodsFirstly, we invited 324 participants with a life-long headache attack to answer an item-matrix measuring symptoms of primary headaches, then we performed both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to their answers and refined a headache symptom questionnaire. Secondly, we applied this questionnaire to 28 MA and 52 MO patients.

resultsIn participants with a life-long headache, we refined a 27-item, structure-validated headache symptom questionnaire, with four factors (scales) namely the Somatic /Aura Symptoms, Gastrointestinal and Autonomic Symptoms, Tightness and Location Features, and Prodromal/Aggravating Symptoms. Further, we found that MA patients reported higher than did MO patients on the Somatic/Aura Symptoms and Tightness and Location Features scales.

conclusionsCompared to MO, MA was conferred with more prominent tightness and location features besides its higher somatic or aura symptoms. Patients' self-reports of headache symptoms might offer more clues to distinguish two types of migraine besides their clinician-defined criteria.

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Self ReportAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHeadacheHumansMaleMiddle AgedMigraine with AuraMigraine without AuraSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultFactor analysisHeadache symptomMigraine with auraMigraine without auraPatients’ self-reports

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