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ArticleJournal of pain research2021

Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Quarantine on the Severity of Headache, Migraine, and Stress in Saudi Arabia.

Nouran A Aleyeidi, Raneem S Alqahtani, Hawazin F Alotaibi, Amjad H Alotaibi, Kholoud Mohsen Alotaibi, Reenad Mohammed Alnofiey

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Nouran A AleyeidiDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Community Medicine Course, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0728-7417
Raneem S AlqahtaniCollege of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hawazin F AlotaibiCollege of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Amjad H AlotaibiCollege of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Kholoud Mohsen AlotaibiCollege of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Reenad Mohammed AlnofieyCollege of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 quarantine on the severity of migraine symptoms and stress among adults in Saudi Arabia. PATIENTS AND

methodsBetween December 2020 and February 2021, 1212 participants aged 18-65 years completed an online self-administered questionnaire that covered sociodemographic data, self-administered questions, the ID migraine screener, numeric pain rating scale, and the perceived stress scale. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS. Student's

resultsAfter removing ineligible and incomplete responses, we analyzed data obtained from 1111 participants. The mean age of the participants was approximately 29 years old (± 11.2 years); moreover, 87% were females. Headache severity during the COVID-19 quarantine was significantly lower than that during the last 3 months, with a difference of only 0.41 on the 1-10 pain severity scale. There was a significantly increased stress prevalence during the COVID-19 quarantine. During the COVID-19 quarantine, 49%, 56%, and 62% of patients without migraine, patients with possible migraine, and patients with diagnosed migraine, respectively, reported worsening of their perceived stress. There was a weak positive correlation between the severity of migraine symptoms and stress during COVID-19 quarantine. Moreover, headache severity was positively affected by the history of COVID-19 infections.

conclusionThe headache severity in patients with migraine decreased during COVID-19 quarantine compared with that during the last 3 months. Additionally, patients with diagnosed migraine had significantly higher scores on the perceived stress scale than patients without migraine.

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