HealthDay News – The COVID-19 quarantine had a positive impact on migraines, according to a study published online in Pain Medicine on June 26.
Francesca Schiano di Cola, MD, of the University of Brescia in Italy and colleagues evaluated the effects of the COVID-19 quarantine on migraines. Telephone interviews were conducted with 170 patients at the Headache Center on migraine characteristics and clinical, occupational, and lifestyle variables.
The researchers found that there was an overall significant reduction in migraine days (14.7 versus 12.3) during the quarantine, with 47.1 percent of patients reporting clinical improvement. An increased chance of improvement in migraines was associated with outdoor living (odds ratio [OR], 2.3; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 1.7 to 3.07; P = 0.009), a positive attitude during quarantine (OR, 4.12; 95 percent CI, 2.3 to 7.1; P = 0.03), full-time work (OR, 1.03; 95 percent -KI, 0.5 to 1.9; P <0.001), and a baseline diagnosis of chronic migraine (OR 1.4, 95 percent CI, 1.1 to 2.02; P = 0.002). An increased risk of migraine worsening was associated with being alone (OR 1.5; 95 percent CI 1.1 to 2.01; P = 0.05) and physical inactivity (OR 1.3; 95 percent CI 1.1 to 1.6; P = 0.02).
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“Quarantine had an overall positive impact on migraines,” the authors write. “Based on our results, we believe that reducing the number of daily problems and challenges could be the main reason for such improvement.”
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Migraines migraines and headache pain
