title: Childhood onset of migraine, gender, parental social class, and trait neuroticism as predictors of the prevalence of migraine in adulthood.
abstract: This study investigated the effects of socio-demographic and psychological factors in childhood and adulthood on the prevalence of migraine in adulthood using data from The National Child Development Studies (NCDS), a birth cohort in the UK. The analytical sample comprises 5799 participants with complete data. Logistic regression analysis showed that higher professional parental social class (OR=2.0: 1.05, 3.86, p<0.05), female sex (OR=2.24: 1.68-2.99, p<0.001), migraine in childhood diagnosed by physicians (OR=1.76: 1.23-2.50, p<0.01), and higher trait neuroticism (OR=1.17:1.26-1.06, p<0.01):<0 were all significantly associated with the prevalence of migraine in adulthood. Both socio-demographic and personality factors were significantly associated with the prevalence of migraine in adulthood.
authors: Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University College London, London WC1H 0AL, UK.
authors: Helen
authors: H
authors: Cheng
authors: Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors: Luke
authors: L
authors: Treglown
authors: ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University College London, London WC1H 0AL, UK.
authors: Andy
authors: A
authors: Green
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, 300 Crittendon, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors: Benjamin P
authors: BP
authors: Chapman
authors: Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Greece.
authors: Ekaterina N
authors: EN
authors: Κornilaki
authors: Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; BI: Norwegian Business School, Nydalsveien 37, 0484 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk.
authors: Adrian
authors: A
authors: Furnham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000075384:Neuroticism; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Cross-sectional and longitudinal; Gender; Migraine; Parental social class; Trait neuroticism