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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2014 Oct 22;172:390–396. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.032

Table 2.

Summary of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Score and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) Scores According to Migraine Status

Index No
Migraine
(N=949)
Any
Migraine
(N=372)
Migraine
with Aura
(N=122)
Migraine
without Aura
(N=250)
P-value**
Depression PHQ-9 Total Score
    Mean ± SD 5.3 ± 3.5 6.2 ± 3.6* 6.6 ± 3.8 6.0 ± 3.5 <0.001
    Median (IQR) 5 (3–7) 6 (3–9)* 6 (3–9) 5 (3–8) <0.001
DASS Total Score
    Mean ± SD 15.9 ± 13.1 19.5 ± 13.9* 22.7 ± 16.3 18.0 ± 12.4 <0.001
    Median (IQR) 14 (8–22) 16 (10–26)* 20 (12–30) 16 (10–24) <0.001
DASS Depression Sub-scale Score
    Mean ± SD 4.1 ± 4.8 5.0 ± 5.3* 6.0 ± 5.9 4.5 ± 4.9 <0.001
    Median (IQR) 2 (0–6) 4 (2–8)* 4 (2–8) 4 (2–6) <0.001
DASS Anxiety Sub-scale Score
    Mean ± SD 3.4 ± 4.1 4.3 ± 4.2* 5.2 ± 5.2 3.8 ± 3.6 <0.001
    Median (IQR) 2 (0–4) 4 (2–6)* 4 (2–8) 4 (0–6) <0.001
DASS Stress Sub-scale Score
    Mean ± SD 8.5 ± 6.6 10.3 ± 6.9* 11.5 ± 7.9 9.7 ± 6.4 <0.001
    Median (IQR) 8 (4–12) 10 (6–14)* 10 (6–16) 10 (4–14) <0.001
*

P-value <0.05 in 2-sample student t test comparing any migraine versus no migraine

**

P-value from ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric ANOVA