Trial reportBMC women's health2022
Health-related quality of life and associated factors in Chinese menstrual migraine patients: a cross-sectional study.
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- The progress and evolutionary direction of menstrual migraine research: a bibliometric analysis from 1994 to 2026.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical differences between menstrual migraine and nonmenstrual migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Journal of neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of migraine menstrual, migraine and risk factors in women of reproductive age; a multi-centre study.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and social burden of menstrual migraine in Japan: an online-based cross-sectional questionnaire study.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Article
- The Correlation Between Migraine Frequency and Sleep Disturbances in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Relationship of Reduced Pain Intensity and Improved Quality-of-Life with Menstrual Migraine with Aspirin, Acetaminophen, and Caffeine Combination.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Connection between Migraines and Pregnancy: The Impact of Physical Activity on Symptom Management.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Health-related quality of life and its determinants in patients with migraine relating to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMenstrual migraine is a particular form of migraine with a significant impact on the quality of life for women afflicted. Presently, no study has reported the quality of life in menstrual migraine patients. This work aims to assess the health-related quality of life and identify its associated factors among Chinese menstrual migraine patients.
methodsThe cross-sectional study group consisted of 109 patients with menstrual migraine, and the control group consisted of 397 female patients with non-menstrual migraine. In total, 506 patients completed questionnaires for demographic and clinical information, the Self-rating Idea of Suicide Scale, the Hamilton Depression Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, the Headache Impact Test-6, the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Health-related quality of life was measured using the 36-Item Short Form Survey.
resultsCompared with non-menstrual migraine patients, five dimensions of health-related quality of life were all found to be significantly impaired in menstrual migraine patients. Headache frequency (ß = - 0.218, P = 0.014), the impact of headache on daily life (ß = - 0.270, P = 0.002), depression symptoms (ß = - 0.345, P < 0.001) were significantly associated with physical component summary, depression symptoms (ß = - 0.379, P < 0.001), social support (ß = 0.270, P < 0.001), suicidal ideation (ß = - 0.344, P < 0.001) were closely related to mental component summary.
conclusionMenstrual migraine patients had a significantly poorer health-related quality of life in many domains than non-menstrual migraine patients. Headache frequency, the impact of headache on daily life, depression symptoms, social support, and suicidal ideation were significantly associated with health-related quality of life in menstrual migraine patients.
trial registrationChiCTR1800014343. This study was registered prospectively on 7 January 2018 at Chinese Clinical Trial registry. http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=24526.
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