Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study
Background Pediatric migraines are primarily treated with medications. However, recognizing the triggers related to patient behaviors and lifestyle is also important. Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the factors that trigger pediatric migraines. Methods This study included 102 pediatric patients...
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| description | Background Pediatric migraines are primarily treated with medications. However, recognizing the triggers related to patient behaviors and lifestyle is also important. Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the factors that trigger pediatric migraines. Methods This study included 102 pediatric patients with migraine diagnosed using the third edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders who visited our pediatric headache clinic between November 2021 and October 2022. We reviewed the patients’ clinical features, imaging studies, screening tests for behaviors and emotions, and questionnaires regarding triggers. Statistical analyses were performed using the independent sample Student t test and linear-by-linear association test. Results The 102 patients (44 males, 58 females; mean age, 12.0±2.9 years) were classified into migraine without aura (n=58) and migraine with aura (n=44) groups. Sleep disturbances were the most frequent trigger (76.5%). Other triggers included academic stress (66.7%), motion sickness (62.7%), and fatigue (52.9%). Academic stress was the most significant trigger for pain severity in 44.1% of patients. Abnormal behavioral or psychiatric assessment results were associated with a higher number of triggers. Conclusion This study identified sleep disturbance and academic stress as common triggers of pediatric migraine, with academic stress being the most intense. Clinicians should understand these triggers and advise patients to avoid them by changing their lifestyles, if possible. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-71a4c3c06c544c95b5eecc3d90fa65fc2025-02-07T07:38:39ZengThe Korean Pediatric SocietyClinical and Experimental Pediatrics2713-41482025-02-0168216316910.3345/cep.2024.0073820125555745Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center studyHey-Joon Son0Joo-Ok Jin1Kon-Hee Lee2 Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Korean Red Cross Blood Services, The Korean Red Cross, Seoul, KoreaBackground Pediatric migraines are primarily treated with medications. However, recognizing the triggers related to patient behaviors and lifestyle is also important. Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the factors that trigger pediatric migraines. Methods This study included 102 pediatric patients with migraine diagnosed using the third edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders who visited our pediatric headache clinic between November 2021 and October 2022. We reviewed the patients’ clinical features, imaging studies, screening tests for behaviors and emotions, and questionnaires regarding triggers. Statistical analyses were performed using the independent sample Student t test and linear-by-linear association test. Results The 102 patients (44 males, 58 females; mean age, 12.0±2.9 years) were classified into migraine without aura (n=58) and migraine with aura (n=44) groups. Sleep disturbances were the most frequent trigger (76.5%). Other triggers included academic stress (66.7%), motion sickness (62.7%), and fatigue (52.9%). Academic stress was the most significant trigger for pain severity in 44.1% of patients. Abnormal behavioral or psychiatric assessment results were associated with a higher number of triggers. Conclusion This study identified sleep disturbance and academic stress as common triggers of pediatric migraine, with academic stress being the most intense. Clinicians should understand these triggers and advise patients to avoid them by changing their lifestyles, if possible.http://www.e-cep.org/upload/pdf/cep-2024-00738.pdfheadachemigraine disorderschildadolescent |
| spellingShingle | Hey-Joon Son Joo-Ok Jin Kon-Hee Lee Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics headache migraine disorders child adolescent |
| title | Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study |
| title_full | Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study |
| title_short | Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study |
| title_sort | evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers a single center study |
| topic | headache migraine disorders child adolescent |
| url | http://www.e-cep.org/upload/pdf/cep-2024-00738.pdf |
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