title: Alcohol use problems in migraine and tension-type headache.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess alcohol use problems in patients with migraine and tension-type headache.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated 81 patients with migraine and 62 patients with tension-type headache. The identification of alcohol consumption problems was carried out with Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol use problem was defined as an AUDIT score of 8 or above. The headache impact was calculated with headache impact test (HIT-6).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportions of alcohol use problem among patients with migraine and tension-type headache were 5.2% and 16.1%, respectively (P=0.044). The headache impact was significantly higher with migraine than with tension-type headache (P<0.0001). There was an inverse correlation between headache impact and AUDIT (P=0.043).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that migraine patients are less prone to alcohol use problems than tension-type headache patients. One of the possible reasons is that migraine is associated with greater impact than tension-type headache.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Médica, Escola de Medicina, Santa Casa de Misericórdia, VitoriaES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renan B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Médica, Escola de Medicina, Santa Casa de Misericórdia, VitoriaES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Simone A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Médica, Escola de Medicina, Santa Casa de Misericórdia, VitoriaES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cássio B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lacerda
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Médica, Escola de Medicina, Santa Casa de Misericórdia, VitoriaES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tarnara V C
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo HorizonteMG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo HorizonteMG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000150:complications*