Assessment of anxiety, depressive disorders and pain intensity in migraine and tension headache patients

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Headache is a very common and debilitating disease that causes significant limitations in daily life with effects on emotional-behavioural and relational aspects. Such disease affects around 152 millions of people in Europe, of whom 15 millions are Italian. The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) includes among the primary headache the tension-type headache and migraine. The tension-type headache slowly rises and causes an oppressive pain: it can be episodic or chronic. Migraine, instead, is a chronic disease with episodic manifestations that can increase in frequency over the years. Among the different headache forms, migraine has a high prevalence and social impact. It is characterized by throbbing pain generally in one side of the head, often associated to nausea, phono-and photophobia, such as to significantly compromise the patient’s efficiency. Indeed, the onset of the migraine is often at a young age, that is the phase of maximum working, social and familiar activity. Usually, migraine is divided in migraine with and without aura. Acta Medica Mediterranea, 2015, 31: 615

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