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Investigation of anxiety, depression and quality of life levels in migraine patients seeking surgical treatment
Objective: Pharmacotherapeutics have been used as a
primary agent in migraine treatment. The detection of
triggers that exacerbated migraine in recent years and
the effectiveness of the surgical interventions applied in
this area have been demonstrated. The aim of this study
was to investigate the depression, anxiety and quality of
life in migraine patients seeking surgical treatment by
comparing them with migraine and non-migraine group.
Method: A total of 105 participants were included in the
study: 35 migraine patients seeking surgical treatment,
35 migraine patients not-seeking surgical treatment, and
35 healthy controls without migraine. Participants filled
out forms consisting of Beck Depression Scale, Beck
Anxiety Scale, SF-36 Quality of Life Scale and sociodemographic data form. One-way analysis of variance and
Post-hoc Bonferroni test were used to assess intergroup
depression, anxiety and quality of life scores.
Results:Anxiety (F=6,02; p=0,003), and depression
(F=10,72; p<0,001) scores were higher in migraine
patients seeking surgical treatment group. In the quality
of life subscales, bodily pain scores were higher
(F=13,09; p<0,001); role-physical (F=14,72; p=0,003)
and role-emotional (F=6,11; p=0,003) scores were
found to be lower than the other groups. Discussion:
Surgical treatment seeking behavior in migraine patients
is associated with more severe anxiety and depression
and worse quality of life. Psychiatric evaluation of
migraine patients seeking surgical treatment may be
important in detecting psychiatric disorders at the diagnostic level and in increasing the quality of life of
patients