The relationship between stress and migraine headaches in women and men

Abstract

Patients with chronic diseases are at high risk of developing psychiatric disorders, especially depression and anxiety. Migraine is one of the most common neurological disorders that can have psychological consequences. Migraine is one of the diseases that affects cognitive variables such as depression and stress. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between tension and migraine headaches in men and women in Khorramabad. This study was conducted in the field. A questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection and SPSS software was used for analysis. The sample group of this study consists of 60 persons out of which 30 are healthy persons and 30 are migraine headache sufferers. The faces were randomly selected and a stress test was performed on them, after which the (t) method was applied. The effect of tension is stronger in women with migraine than in men with migraine.