Sleep quality and frequency of comorbidities and its relation with chronic migraine related disability in patients with chronic migraine

Abstract

Aim: Detecting quality of sleep and relation of comorbid situations that may effect sleep quality such as anxiety, depression, sleepapnea and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) with chronic migraine in patients with chronic migraine.Material and Methods: 21 patients diagnosed with chronic migraine according to ICHD-3 Beta and 21 healthy volunteers as age andgender matched control group were included. Migraine type, duration, frequency of attacks in a month, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS),Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS) scores of the migraine patient group were calculated. Beck Depression Inventory(BDI), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Berlin Questionnaire (BQ), Epworth SleepinessScale (ESS) and Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS) were applied to every study participants. Scores of the chronic migraine patientsfrom scales were compared to the ones of healthy controls. In addition, the relation between scores of the chronic migraine patientsfrom scales and MIDAS score was studied.Results: PSQI, ESS, HAM-A and BDI scores of the chronic migraine patients were detected to be significantly higher than of thehealthy individuals (p