Year: 2008
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Migraine is a chronic neurological disease with several trigger factors, including dietary, hormonal and environmental factors. PURPOSE: To analyse precipitating factors in a sample of migraine patients. METHOD: Two hundred consecutive migraine patients were interviewed about possible trigger factors for migraine attacks. RESULTS: Most patients showed at least one dietary trigger, fasting was the most frequent one, followed by alcohol and chocolate. Hormonal factors appeared in 53%, being the pre-menstrual period the most frequent trigger. Physical activities caused migraine in 13%, sexual activities in 2.5% and 64% reported emotional stress a trigger factor. 81% related some sleep problem as a trigger factor. Regarding environmental factors, smells were reported by 36.5%. CONCLUSION: Trigger factors are frequent in migraine patients, its avoidance may decrease headache frequency and also improve patients' quality of life.
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Authors: Patrícia Timy Fukui, Tessa Rachel Tranquillini Gonçalves, Cintia Giunchetti Strabelli, Natalia Maria Fernandes Lucchino, Fernanda Cunha Matos, Juliana Pinto Moreira dos Santos, Eliova Zukerman, Vera Zukerman-Guendler, Juliane Prieto Mercante, Marcelo Rodrigues Masruha, Domingos Sávio Vieira, Mario Fernando Prieto Peres
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $200
OpenAlex ID: W2028691963