Table 3.
Correlations between measures of Fn/QoL and hypothesized determinants of Fn/QoL
| Variable | Age | Gender | Migraine days | Migraine episodes | Severity of associated symptoms‡ | Migraine severity§ | Catastrophizing (PCS) | Anxiety (BAI) | Depression (BDI) | Mood/anxiety diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSQL, 2.1 | −0.06 | 0.12 | 0.25*** | 0.80 | 0.39*** | 0.31*** | 0.43*** | 0.30*** | 0.31*** | 0.19** |
| HDI | −0.02 | 0.09 | 0.21** | 0.17* | 0.38*** | 0.23** | 0.57*** | 0.35*** | 0.43*** | 0.28*** |
| MOS SF-36 | 0.01 | −0.10 | −0.11 | −0.04 | −0.28*** | −0.16* | −0.41*** | −0.32*** | −0.42*** | −0.34*** |
| MIDAS | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.35*** | 0.15* | 0.48*** | 0.40*** | 0.24*** | 0.10 | 0.14* | 0.06 |
| DE hours‡ | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.38*** | 0.21** | 0.53*** | 0.45*** | 0.22*** | 0.14* | 0.16* | 0.04 |
All Ns = 232, except for MOS, HDI, MIDAS and MSQ, for which N = 230.
DE hours (disability equivalent hours) = hours missed + 0.5(hours impaired at least 50%).
Severity of associated symptoms = severity scores for phonophobia, photophobia and nausea summed across headaches and normalized to 30 days.
Migraine severity = average headache severity (1 = mild to 3 = severe) × migraine days.
P ≤ 0.05;
P ≤ 0.01;
P ≤ 0.001.