Association between personality traits  and migraine headache

Nemat Sotodeh Asl; Elahe Amirahmadi; Raheb Ghorbani; Nooshin Masoudian; Afshin Samaei

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Association between personality traits and migraine headache

Author(s):

Nemat Sotodeh Asl,

Elahe Amirahmadi,

Raheb Ghorbani

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Nooshin Masoudian,

Afshin Samaei

Koomesh:Vol. 21, issue 1; 46-51

Published online:Mar 01, 2019

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 01, 2017

Accepted:Jul 01, 2018

How to Cite:Nemat Sotodeh AslElahe AmirahmadiRaheb GhorbaniNooshin MasoudianAfshin SamaeiAssociation between personality traits and migraine headache.koomesh.21(1):e153036.

Abstract

Introduction: Migraine is one of the debilitating diseases that can interfere with human function. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality and migraine headache. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 98 patients with migraine referred to the Neurosurgical Clinic of Kosar Hospital and Semnan Specialist Neuropsychiatric Clinics in 2017 with a history of at least one year of history of the disease and 100 patients in the control group were evaluated. The instrument was a five-factor neo-personality questionnaire with questions about individual characteristics. Results: The mean± standard deviation of the age of patients with migraine was 32.4 ± 7.8. 53.1% of them were male and 59.2% of the patients were married. The mean score of emotional stability in migraine patients was significantly higher than the control group (p

Keywords

Migraine

Personality Traits

Personality

Big Five Personality Factors

میگرن

ناپایداری هیجانی

اشتیاق به تجربه های تازه

توافق پذیری

مسئولیت پذیری

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