Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Aim: The aim of this study to determine the clinical correlation between migraine and mood disorders. Methods: To measure impairment, all patients were given the Migraine Disability Assessment Questionnaire (MIDAS). A score of 6 or above is considered positive, with thresholds for mild, moderate, and severe handicap. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to determine the existence of concurrent anxiety and mood disorders (HADS). This comprises of 14 items divided into two subscales of 7 items each, HADS-Anxiety and HADS-Depression. Each question describes the respondent's subjective experience in the previous week and is evaluated 0-3, with zero signifying the most severe symptom intensity. Each subscale's total has a possible range of 0 to 21. A score of 11 or above was considered positive for anxiety or depression, depending on the subscale. Results: During the research, 100 patients were studied. The majority of the patients were between the ages of 35 and 45, with a mean age of 36.87. It was a female-dominated sample (70 percent ). According to the HADS score, among the 20 patients (20%) suffering from depressive symptoms, 55% had borderline abnormal score and 25% had abnormal score, while among the 55 patients (55%) suffering from anxiety, 10% had borderline score and 35% had abnormal score. Depression had a mean HADS score (SD) of 10.69±2.88 whereas anxiety had a score of 14.31±3.01. There was no correlation between mood symptoms and age or gender group and mood changes. 27 percent of patients had mood swings. There was no correlation discovered between mood changes and gender or age group. Furthermore, no link was discovered between photo and phonophobia symptoms and mood alterations. Conclusion: We found that mood disorders co-occur with migraine at a rate equivalent to or lower than that recorded in many studies in the international literature, and that the presence of co-occurring mood disorders substantially adds to migraine-related impairment.