Cross-sectional study observes significant correlations between migraine severity, anxiety, and depression in adults, highlighting the need for routine psychiatric screening.
Key Points
To assess the prevalence and severity of anxiety and depression among migraine patients and examine how these psychiatric comorbidities correlate with migraine severity.
Conducted a cross-sectional observational study from July to December 2024 involving N=150 migraine patients aged 18–65 years diagnosed using International Classification of Headache-3 criteria at a tertiary neurology outpatient clinic.
Evaluated psychiatric symptoms using the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and measured headache severity with the Migraine Severity Scale.
Anxiety was identified in 22% of participants and depression in 21.3%, with a participant mean age of 33.41 (±12.4) years.
Migraine severity displayed a strong positive correlation with both anxiety (r = 0.474, P < 0.001) and depression (r = 0.466, P < 0.001).
Depression occurred at significantly higher rates in unmarried patients and those with longer illness duration, whereas higher education levels exerted a protective effect.