Table 1.
Descriptions of principal characteristics of cross-sectional articles included in the systematic review and meta-analysis (N =6)
| First Author and Year |
Country of Origin |
Sample Size (n) |
Measures Used to Assess Suicidal Ideation |
Measures Used to Assess Migraine |
Stratified by Migraine Subtype |
Unadjusted OR (95%CI) |
Adjusted OR (95%CI) | OR Adjustment Variables |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breslau 1992 | USA | 1,007 | Ask “have you ever felt so low you thought about committing suicide?” |
Structured questionnaire that uses IHS criteria (1988) |
Yes | NA | MA: 2.4 (1.1–5.3) MO: 1.7 (0.8–3.4) |
coexisting mania, dysthymia, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders |
| Wang 2007 | Taiwan | 121 | Mini- International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Kid for children and adolescents Suicidality Module |
Structured questionnaire that uses IHS criteria (2006) |
Yes | 4.3 (1.2–15.5) | MA: 7.8 (1.4–44.6) MO: 2.1 (0.5–8.5) |
age, gender, major depression, anxiety disorders |
| Ratcliffe 2008 | Canada | 36,984 | Ask “have you ever seriously considered committing suicide or taking your own life?” |
Self-reported physician diagnosed migraine headache |
No | 2.60 (2.29–2.95)† | 1.45 (1.14–1.84) | sex, age, marital status, education, mood disorder, anxiety disorder, substance dependence disorder, 3+ mental disorder comorbidity, other chronic pain disorders |
| Wang 2009 | Taiwan | 3,963 | Adolescent Depression Inventory (Item 17) |
Structured questionnaire that uses IHS criteria (2004) |
Yes | 2.9 (2.3–3.6) | MA: 1.79 (1.07–2.99) MO: 1.04 (0.77–1.40) |
age, gender, depression, living arrangements |
| Fuller-Thomson 2013 | Canada | 5,788 | Ask “have you ever seriously considered committing suicide or taking your own life?” |
Self-reported physician diagnosed migraine headache |
No | 2.08 (1.4–3.08)† | 1.25 (0.64–2.45) | gender, school attendance, race, living arrangement, did not have enough food to eat due to lack of money, smoking, alcohol dependency, self-perceived health status, activities prevented by pain, number of chronic conditions, depression, asthma, back problems |
| Colman 2016 | Canada | 101,114 | Ask “have you ever seriously considered committing suicide or taking your own life?” |
Self-reported physician diagnosed migraine headache |
No | 2.43 (2.29–2.58)† | NA | NA |
MA = migraine with aura, MO = migraine without aura, NA = not applicable
†
Unadjusted ORs calculated based on study information provided