Trigger factors mainly from the environmental type are reported by adolescents with migraine

• Autor(a) principal: Fraga,Marcela Dalla Bernardina
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Pinho,Ricardo Silva, Andreoni,Solange, Vitalle,Maria Sylvia de Souza, Fisberg,Mauro, Peres,Mario Fernando Prieto, Vilanova,Luiz Celso Pereira, Masruha,Marcelo Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000500290
• topic: migraine disorders; headache; adolescent; precipitating factors

Migraine can be triggered by many factors such as stress, sleep, fasting and environmental causes. There are few studies that evaluated migraine trigger factors in the adolescent population.Methods:A total of 100 participants from 10 to 19 years were subjected to a detailed headache questionnaire, with demographic and clinical data, and a headache diary including trigger factors during a two-month period was asked.Results:Fifty of the participants exhibited chronic migraine and the other 50 participants demonstrated episodic migraine. The most common group of trigger factors reported was the environmental one, mainly sun/clarity, followed by hot weather and the smell of perfume.Conclusions:Ninety-one percent of children and adolescents with migraine reported a trigger factor precipitating the migraine attack.