Clinical neuropsychiatry
Psychiatric Comorbidity Outweighs Headache Subtype As A Predictor Of Disability In Chronic Daily Headache: A Matched-Control Study
By Singh V, Goyal S and Sachdeva A.
Abstract
Objective
Objective: Chronic daily headache (CDH) is a prevalent neuropsychiatric condition. We aimed to quantify concurrent Axis I psychiatric comorbidity and personality pathology in CDH versus matched controls and identify factors independently associated with headache-related disability.
Method
This hospital-based matched-control study was conducted at a tertiary teaching hospital in Faridabad (Delhi-NCR), India. Seventy-five ICHD-3-confirmed CDH patients and 75 age- and sex-matched controls completed the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI v5.0), Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III; personality, base rate ≥ 85), and Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6). Multivariable binary logistic regression identified independent cross-sectional associates of high disability (HIT-6 ≥ 56). STROBE guidelines were followed.