Raquel Gil?Gouveia
Subjective Cognitive Symptoms During a Migraine Attack: A Prospective Study of a Clinic-Based Sample
Hospital da Luz|University of Lisbon
migraine attack aggregates range different symptoms besides pain contribute attackrelated disability cognitive dysfunction unacknowledged part migraine attackto provide profile frequency character migraine attackrelated cognitive symptoms occurring headache phase attackcrosssectional surveyclinicalbased sample episodic migraine patientssequential patients screened occurrence cognitive symptoms migraine attacks using openended question followed selffulfilled symptom checklistof 165 migraine patients 15 men age average 373 107 years 897 described cognitive symptoms headache phase migraine attack average 25 16 symptoms reported per patient uninfluenced demographic diseaserelated variables common spontaneous symptoms related executive functions poor ability concentrate 37 difficulty reasoning 25 thinking 23 pattern responses symptoms checklist corroborated reported spontaneously quantitative scores checklist higher patients spontaneous symptomsopenended questions tend overestimate frequency data accuracy may influenced population chosen clinicalbased using prophylactic treatmentthis study detailed frequency characteristics migraine attackrelated subjective cognitive symptoms found frequency similar reports migraine defining symptoms ex nausea photophobia recent clinical series patients reports consistent dominated complaints attention difficulties diminished cognitive efficiency processing speed impairment