Quality of life research in patients suffering from tension type headache

Abstract

The tension type headache is the most common headache type, which many men and women suffer from in one period of their life and aggravates business productivity, family and social functioning. Quality of life estimation in patients suffering from tension type headache enables us to get a better insight into the impact of the disease on the patient. The comparison among the quality of life in the patients suffering from tension type headache and the quality of life in the control group subjects has been carried out in a research by applying the QVM questionnaire. The obtained results have shown a significant difference in the quality of life and its sub domains indicating worse quality in the patients suffering from tension type headache.

A comparative study of psychiatric comorbidity, quality of life and disability in patients with migraine and tension type headache

“…[4,6,7,39,40] The use of WHOQOL-BREF was appropriate for our setting as its domains show less floor or ceiling effect than the SF-36 scale, availability of well-validated Hindi (local language) version and its use in other chronic physical illnesses. [28,41] Both the headache groups had significantly poor quality of life in comparison to headache free control group in all four domains (physical domain, psychological domain, social relationship domain, [16,17,42] However, no statically significant difference could be found between the two headache groups. Studies comparing quality of life between subjects with migraine and TTH have shown varied results.…”

“…[14] That headache impacts quality of life has been well-established in a number of studies. [15][16][17] Previous studies reported 68-94% of patients have moderate to severe disability on the functioning of activities of daily living. [18,19] However, majority of the studies assessing headache related disability have focused only on migraine.…”

Psychological Stress, Self-Compassion and Self-Punishment among Tension-Type Headache and Healthy University Students (A Comparative Study)

“…The psychological factors and emotional disturbances were indicated as risk factors for TTH and stress and mental tension are the most common factors that cause it. Simić et al (2008) aimed to identify the quality of life among patients suffering from TTH. The study also explored the effect of TTH on social and family life and production.…”

“…Many studies investigated TTH and its causes, such as Kumar et al (2016), Leeuw et al (2005), Mongini et al (2006), Perozzo et al (2005), and Simić et al (2008). They reported that it is one of the most common psychological disorders.…”

The validation of a new comprehensive headache-specific quality of life questionnaire

“…In a later study on a nationwide sample, frequency, severity and treatment resistance of headaches, as well as headache-related disability, were significantly correlated with QVM's total score and subscales; correlation coefficients were not reported (21). QVM was used in many French studies, including acute drug trials in migraine (22) and also in patients with chronic daily headache (21) and TTH (23).…”