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Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management

BACKGROUND: Migraine without aura is a primary headache which is frequent and disabling in the developmental age group. No reports are available concerning the prevalence and impact of migraine in children on the degree of stress experienced by parents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prev...

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Autores principales: Esposito, Maria, Gallai, Beatrice, Parisi, Lucia, Roccella, Michele, Marotta, Rosa, Lavano, Serena Marianna, Gritti, Antonella, Mazzotta, Giovanni, Carotenuto, Marco
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23493447
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S42818
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author Esposito, Maria
Gallai, Beatrice
Parisi, Lucia
Roccella, Michele
Marotta, Rosa
Lavano, Serena Marianna
Gritti, Antonella
Mazzotta, Giovanni
Carotenuto, Marco
author_facet Esposito, Maria
Gallai, Beatrice
Parisi, Lucia
Roccella, Michele
Marotta, Rosa
Lavano, Serena Marianna
Gritti, Antonella
Mazzotta, Giovanni
Carotenuto, Marco
author_sort Esposito, Maria
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description BACKGROUND: Migraine without aura is a primary headache which is frequent and disabling in the developmental age group. No reports are available concerning the prevalence and impact of migraine in children on the degree of stress experienced by parents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of maternal stress in a large pediatric sample of individuals affected by migraine without aura. METHODS: The study population consisted of 218 children (112 boys, 106 girls) of mean age 8.32 ± 2.06 (range 6–13) years suffering from migraine without aura and a control group of 405 typical developing children (207 boys, 198 girls) of mean age 8.54 ± 2.47 years. Mothers of children in each group answered the Parent Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) questionnaire to assess parental stress levels. RESULTS: The two groups were matched for age (P = 0.262), gender (P = 0.983), and body mass index adjusted for age (P = 0.106). Mothers of children with migraine without aura reported higher mean PSI-SF scores related to the Parental Distress domain (P < 0.001), Dysfunctional Parent-Child Interaction domain (P < 0.001), Difficult Child subscale (P < 0.001), and Total Stress domain than mothers of controls (P < 0.001). No differences between the two groups were found for Defensive Responding subscale scores. CONCLUSION: Our study may be the first to highlight the presence of high levels of stress in parents of children affected by migraine without aura.
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spelling pubmed-35937682013-03-14 Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management Esposito, Maria Gallai, Beatrice Parisi, Lucia Roccella, Michele Marotta, Rosa Lavano, Serena Marianna Gritti, Antonella Mazzotta, Giovanni Carotenuto, Marco Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat Original Research BACKGROUND: Migraine without aura is a primary headache which is frequent and disabling in the developmental age group. No reports are available concerning the prevalence and impact of migraine in children on the degree of stress experienced by parents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of maternal stress in a large pediatric sample of individuals affected by migraine without aura. METHODS: The study population consisted of 218 children (112 boys, 106 girls) of mean age 8.32 ± 2.06 (range 6–13) years suffering from migraine without aura and a control group of 405 typical developing children (207 boys, 198 girls) of mean age 8.54 ± 2.47 years. Mothers of children in each group answered the Parent Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) questionnaire to assess parental stress levels. RESULTS: The two groups were matched for age (P = 0.262), gender (P = 0.983), and body mass index adjusted for age (P = 0.106). Mothers of children with migraine without aura reported higher mean PSI-SF scores related to the Parental Distress domain (P < 0.001), Dysfunctional Parent-Child Interaction domain (P < 0.001), Difficult Child subscale (P < 0.001), and Total Stress domain than mothers of controls (P < 0.001). No differences between the two groups were found for Defensive Responding subscale scores. CONCLUSION: Our study may be the first to highlight the presence of high levels of stress in parents of children affected by migraine without aura. Dove Medical Press 2013 2013-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3593768/ /pubmed/23493447 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S42818 Text en © 2013 Esposito et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Esposito, Maria
Gallai, Beatrice
Parisi, Lucia
Roccella, Michele
Marotta, Rosa
Lavano, Serena Marianna
Gritti, Antonella
Mazzotta, Giovanni
Carotenuto, Marco
Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management
title Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management
title_full Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management
title_fullStr Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management
title_full_unstemmed Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management
title_short Maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management
title_sort maternal stress and childhood migraine: a new perspective on management
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23493447
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S42818
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