title: Chronic migraine: a prospective descriptive clinical study in a headache center population.
abstract: This study describes the pain characteristics of the chronic migraine, including duration, intensity, quality, aggravation by activity, associated features in a headache clinic. One hundred twenty-one chronic migraine patients were evaluated. A total of 79% patients were female, and the mean age was 43.6 years, ranging from 19.0 to 54.2 years. The pain characteristics were predominantly unilateral; either side attacks (43.8%), strictly left-side (19%), or right side (19%). Headache character was reported as throbbing (67%), aching (14%), stabbing (10%), and pressure (9%). Of the associated autonomic features, lacrimation was the most common. Photophobia (83.5%) and phonophobia (72.7%) often were noted. When compared, only previous headache diagnosis, headache character and onset of headache were found to be statistically different between female and male patients (P < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. ybeckmann@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yeşim Yetimalar
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: Yaprak
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seçil
authors.forename: Ayşen Inceoğlu
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kendir
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Başoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D018710:Pain Clinics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010147:Pain Measurement; D044382:Population Groups; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult