Stressful events, appraisal, coping and recurrent headache

Marlowe, Nicholas

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199802)54:2<247::aid-jclp14>3.3.co;2-q

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“…Self‐efficacy has been defined as ‘the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations’ (52). According to the moderating effect of self‐efficacy noted by Marlowe (53, 54), it is possible that, for example, people who lose their jobs at an older age feel less control over their ability to secure a new job or successfully navigate a major change than a younger person. Donahue has reported on the relationship between involuntary or forced retirement and subsequent physical and mental health (55).…”

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confidence: 99%

Major Life Changes Before and After the Onset of Chronic Daily Headache: A Population-Based Study

et al. 2008

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Chronic daily headache (CDH), when defined as > or = 15 headache days per month, affects 3-5% of the adult population. Major life changes are putative precipitating events for onset of chronic pain, including chronic headache. This study compared the occurrence of specific life events between CDH cases and episodic headache controls in a community sample. CDH cases (180+ headache days per year: n = 206) and episodic headache controls (2-104 headache days per year: n = 507) were identified from a randomly selected adult US population. Subjects were interviewed about the occurrence of certain major life changes or events (change of residence, employment status, marital status, related to their children, deaths of relatives or close friends, and 'extremely stressful' ongoing situations) occurring in a defined time period. Events that occurred during the same year or year before frequent headache onset in cases or in an equivalent time period in controls were considered to be antecedent events. Those that occurred after this time were considered subsequent events. Compared with episodic headache controls, CDH cases had more major life changes in the year before or same year as CDH onset. After adjusting for age, gender, headache type and year of event, the odds of CDH increased additionally with each antecedent event [odds ratio (OR) 1.20 (1.1, 1.3), P < 0.001], but not with subsequent events [OR 0.94 (0.8, 1.1), P < 0.4]. In secondary analyses, the association between antecedent events and CDH was significant only for the approximately half of CDH cases who were aged >/= 40 years [OR 1.33 (1.2, 1.50) vs. OR 1.04 (0.9, 1.2), P < 0.05 for interaction by age]. These results suggest that major life changes are associated with the onset of chronic daily headache, particularly in middle age.

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confidence: 99%

Major Life Changes Before and After the Onset of Chronic Daily Headache: A Population-Based Study

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“…It is interesting to investigate coping strategies and illness perceptions in patients with migraine, since the use of adaptive coping skills may reduce the risk of emergence of comorbid anxiety or depression. The coping strategy used has been shown to be associated with emotional reactivity in migraine in several studies (12–19). An association between migraine headaches and maladaptive coping strategies, notably catastrophizing, has previously been demonstrated (15, 20).…”

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confidence: 99%

The GRIM2005 Study of Migraine Consultation in France. III: Psychological Features of Subjects With Migraine

et al. 2009

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The objective of this analysis was to describe psychological and cognitive variables in subjects with migraine and to identify those associated with chronicity. Data were collected from 10 000 subjects during face-to-face interview. Subjects with episodic migraine (n = 1127) or chronic daily headache (n = 407) with migrainous features were identified using an algorithm based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edn classification. Data on headache impact was obtained with the Headache Impact Test-6, on psychological distress with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, on coping with the Coping Strategy Questionnaire catastrophizing score and the Brief COPE inventory, on illness perception with the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire and on locus of control. Psychological variables associated with chronicity include perceived headache impact, psychological distress, the use of catastrophizing and avoidance coping strategies and an externalized locus of control. In conclusion, maladaptive coping strategies should be taken into account in the management of patients with migraine. Longitudinal studies will be necessary to address the causality of the relationship observed.

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“…The comorbidity of migraine with anxiety disorders and depression has also been shown [2]. Moreover, stressful events may be causally related to headaches, and the ways in which headache sufferers respond to these events may have implications for the onset and the intensity of attacks [3]. It has been found that patients suffering from headaches have undergone more recent stressful events than control individuals [4].…”

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confidence: 99%