Alcohol use problems in migraine and tension-type headache

作者：Domingues Renan B^*; Domingues Simone A; Lacerda Cassio B; Machado Tarnara V C; Duarte Halina; Teixeira Antonio L

来源：Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2014, 72(1): 24-27.

DOI：10.1590/0004-282X20130186

• migraine
• alcohol
• tension-type headache
• alcohol use disorders

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess alcohol use problems in patients with migraine and tension-type headache. Method: We evaluated 81 patients with migraine and 62 patients with tension-type headache. The identification of alcohol consumption problems was carried out with Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol use problem was defined as an AUDIT score of 8 or above. The headache impact was calculated with headache impact test (HIT-6). Results: The proportions of alcohol use problem among patients with migraine and tension-type headache were 5.2% and 16.1%, respectively (P=0.044). The headache impact was significantly higher with migraine than with tension-type headache (P%26lt;0.0001). There was an inverse correlation between headache impact and AUDIT (P=0.043). Conclusions: Our results suggest that migraine patients are less prone to alcohol use problems than tension-type headache patients. One of the possible reasons is that migraine is associated with greater impact than tension-type headache.

• 出版日期2014-1