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January 13, 2015; 84 (2) Article

Recalled maltreatment, migraine, and tension-type headache

Results of the AMPP Study

Gretchen E. Tietjen, Dawn C. Buse, Kristina M. Fanning, Daniel Serrano, Michael L. Reed, Richard B. Lipton
First published December 24, 2014, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000001120
Gretchen E. Tietjen
From the Department of Neurology (G.E.T.), University of Toledo, OH; Department of Neurology (D.C.B., R.B.L.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx; Montefiore Headache Center (D.C.B., R.B.L.), Bronx, NY; and Vedanta Research (K.M.F., D.S., M.L.R.), Chapel Hill, NC.
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From the Department of Neurology (G.E.T.), University of Toledo, OH; Department of Neurology (D.C.B., R.B.L.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx; Montefiore Headache Center (D.C.B., R.B.L.), Bronx, NY; and Vedanta Research (K.M.F., D.S., M.L.R.), Chapel Hill, NC.
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Michael L. Reed
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Recalled maltreatment, migraine, and tension-type headache
Results of the AMPP Study
Gretchen E. Tietjen, Dawn C. Buse, Kristina M. Fanning, Daniel Serrano, Michael L. Reed, Richard B. Lipton
Neurology Jan 2015, 84 (2) 132-140; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001120

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Abstract

Objective: To examine the relationship of recalled adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with migraine and episodic tension-type headache (ETTH).

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of ACEs among 2007 American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study survey respondents with ETTH and migraine. We modeled headache type using logistic regression adjusting for sociodemographic variables (age, race, sex, income), depression, and anxiety, and headache day frequency using ordinal logistic regression with a proportional odds model.

Results: Participants had migraine (n = 8,305) or ETTH (n = 1,429). Rates of ACEs were significantly higher among respondents with migraine than ETTH for emotional neglect (24.5% vs 21.5%), emotional abuse (22.5% vs 16.7%), and sexual abuse (17.7% vs 13.3%). Odds of migraine vs ETTH were significantly higher for those reporting emotional neglect (odds ratio [OR] = 1.23, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.07–1.42), emotional abuse (OR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.25–1.71), or sexual abuse (OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.11–1.62) when adjusted for sociodemographics. Results remained significant only for emotional abuse when adjusting for depression and anxiety (OR = 1.33, 95% CI 1.13–1.57). Odds of migraine were higher with 2 (OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.25–1.86) vs 1 (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.00–1.36) ACE, which held after adjusting for depression and anxiety. All forms of maltreatment were associated with higher headache day frequency category in migraine but results lost significance after adjusting for depression and anxiety.

Conclusions: ACEs are associated with a higher risk of migraine vs ETTH. Attenuation of the influence of ACEs by depression and anxiety suggests confounding or mediation, although results for emotional abuse were generally maintained.

GLOSSARY

ACE=
adverse childhood experience;
AMPP=
American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention;
CI=
confidence interval;
CTQ=
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire;
DSM-IV=
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition);
EM=
episodic migraine;
ETTH=
episodic tension-type headache;
ICHD-2=
International Classification of Headache Disorders, second edition;
OR=
odds ratio;
PHQ=
Patient Health Questionnaire;
PHQ-9=
Patient Health Questionnaire–depression module

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  • Received September 23, 2013.
  • Accepted in final form September 8, 2014.
  • © 2014 American Academy of Neurology
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