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ArticleCureus2019

Depression Among Patients with Chronic Cluster Headaches.

Laraib Jumani, Reema Kumari, Deepak Kataria, Vinesh Kumar, Syed Muhammad Usama, Aakash Chandnani, Ujala Zubair

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Laraib JumaniInternal Medicine, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, PAK.
Reema KumariInternal Medicine, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana, PAK.
Deepak KatariaInternal Medicine, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana, PAK.
Vinesh KumarInternal Medicine, Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College, Sukkur, PAK.
Syed Muhammad UsamaInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Aakash ChandnaniInternal Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PAK.
Ujala ZubairMiscellaneous, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChronic headaches account for a significant proportion of people leading a poor quality of life. Chronic cluster headaches can be defined as episodes of headache usually around the eye in the pattern of a cluster lasting 15-180 minutes each followed by multiple similar episodes occurring at a frequency of 1-8 times per day.

methodThis cross-sectional study was conducted in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi. One hundred patients who were diagnosed cases of chronic cluster headaches were asked to fill the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Headache Impact Test (HIT), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

resultsOf our study subjects, 57 were males and 43 were females. The mean HIT-6 score among these patients was found to be 60.5±7.67 (p-value = 0.04). The mean BHS score among these patients was found to be 13±6.87. The mean HADS reporting anxiety (HADS-A) was found to be 12.54 ± 5.65; whereas, the mean HADS reporting depression (HADS-D) was found to be 7.65 ± 4.65.

conclusionPatients with chronic cluster headaches have higher scores than the general population. There is an association between headache syndromes and depression which require further investigation.

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cluster headachesdepressionheadache syndromesquality of life

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PMID31788372
PMCPMC6855994

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