TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimism, Pessimism, and Migraine
T2 - A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study
AU - Peres, Mario F.P.
AU - Oliveira, Arão Belitardo
AU - Mercante, Juliane P.
AU - Kamei, Helder H.
AU - Tobo, Patricia R.
AU - Rozen, Todd D.
AU - Levin, Morris
AU - Buse, Dawn C.
AU - Lucchetti, Giancarlo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Headache Society
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Background: Optimism and pessimism are related to several mental health and brain disorders, are significant predictors of physical and psychological health outcomes, and implicated as psychosocial determinants of the pain experience. Despite this promising evidence, limited information is available on optimism and pessimism in headache disorders. Objective: To evaluate the influence of optimism and pessimism in meeting criteria for migraine and related disability in a population-based sample. Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional study. The sample population was selected through a stratified, multi-stage area probability sample of households, as used by the last Brazilian Census. A validated questionnaire eliciting data on demographics, headache features, migraine-related disability, depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), optimism, and pessimism (life orientation test – revised) was administered to people with migraine and headache-free control participants from the general population in São Paulo, Brazil via trained interviewers. Six hundred individuals were contacted. The odds for having migraine/no headache diagnosis were calculated by binary logistic regression, and ordinal regression was performed to check associations between migraine-related disability and optimism. Results: A total of 302 individuals (mean ± SD age: 39.7 ± 12.7; BMI: 26.5 ± 5.9) met inclusion criteria and were included, 140 controls (with no history of headache disorders) and 162 people meeting criteria for migraine (29 with chronic migraine, that is, 15 or more headache days/month). People with migraine were less optimistic and more pessimistic than controls, and endorsed higher levels of anxious and depressive symptoms. Pessimism (OR 95% CI = 1.16 [1.05–1.28], P =.005) and anxiety (OR 95% CI = 1.19 [1.10–1.29], P <.001) were predictors of meeting criteria for migraine, while optimism (β 95% CI = −0.915 [−1.643, −0.188], P =.01) was inversely associated with migraine-related disability. Conclusions: Optimism and pessimism are associated with migraine and migraine-related disability. These concepts should be further explored in people with migraine with regard to their potential influences on clinical research outcomes and treatments.
AB - Background: Optimism and pessimism are related to several mental health and brain disorders, are significant predictors of physical and psychological health outcomes, and implicated as psychosocial determinants of the pain experience. Despite this promising evidence, limited information is available on optimism and pessimism in headache disorders. Objective: To evaluate the influence of optimism and pessimism in meeting criteria for migraine and related disability in a population-based sample. Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional study. The sample population was selected through a stratified, multi-stage area probability sample of households, as used by the last Brazilian Census. A validated questionnaire eliciting data on demographics, headache features, migraine-related disability, depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), optimism, and pessimism (life orientation test – revised) was administered to people with migraine and headache-free control participants from the general population in São Paulo, Brazil via trained interviewers. Six hundred individuals were contacted. The odds for having migraine/no headache diagnosis were calculated by binary logistic regression, and ordinal regression was performed to check associations between migraine-related disability and optimism. Results: A total of 302 individuals (mean ± SD age: 39.7 ± 12.7; BMI: 26.5 ± 5.9) met inclusion criteria and were included, 140 controls (with no history of headache disorders) and 162 people meeting criteria for migraine (29 with chronic migraine, that is, 15 or more headache days/month). People with migraine were less optimistic and more pessimistic than controls, and endorsed higher levels of anxious and depressive symptoms. Pessimism (OR 95% CI = 1.16 [1.05–1.28], P =.005) and anxiety (OR 95% CI = 1.19 [1.10–1.29], P <.001) were predictors of meeting criteria for migraine, while optimism (β 95% CI = −0.915 [−1.643, −0.188], P =.01) was inversely associated with migraine-related disability. Conclusions: Optimism and pessimism are associated with migraine and migraine-related disability. These concepts should be further explored in people with migraine with regard to their potential influences on clinical research outcomes and treatments.
KW - anxiety
KW - depression
KW - headache-related disability
KW - migraine
KW - optimism
KW - pessimism
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U2 - 10.1111/head.13471
DO - 10.1111/head.13471
M3 - Article
C2 - 30659602
AN - SCOPUS:85060349491
SN - 0017-8748
VL - 59
SP - 205
EP - 214
JO - Headache
JF - Headache
IS - 2
ER -