RT Journal Article
T1 Personality traits in patients with cluster headache: a comparison with migraine patients.
A1 Muñoz, I
A1 Hernández, M S
A1 Santos, S
A1 Jurado, C
A1 Ruiz, L
A1 Toribio, E
A1 Sotelo, E M
A1 Guerrero, A L
A1 Molina, V
A1 Uribe, F
A1 Cuadrado, M L
K1 Cluster headache
K1 Eccentric disorders
K1 Migraine
K1 Paranoid personality
K1 Personality traits
K1 Salamanca test
K1 Schizoid personality
AB Cluster headache (CH) has been associated with certain personality traits and lifestyle features, but there are few studies assessing personality profiles in CH. We aimed to analyze personality traits in patients with CH, and to compare them with those found in migraine. We included all consecutive patients with CH attending 5 outpatient offices between January and December 2013. Personality traits were evaluated using the Salamanca screening test, a validated inventory assessing 11 personality traits grouped in 3 clusters. We analyzed the test results in this population, and compared them with those of a migraine population previously assessed with the same test. Eighty patients with CH (75 men, 5 women; mean age, 43.2 ± 9.9 years) were recruited. The reference population consisted of 164 migraine patients (30 men, 134 women; mean age 36.4 ± 12.7 years). In CH patients, the most frequent personality traits were anancastic (52.5 %), anxious (47.5 %), histrionic (45 %), schizoid (42.5 %), impulsive (32.5 %) and paranoid (30 %). When compared to migraine patients, paranoid (p  According to the Salamanca screening test, personality traits included in cluster A (odd or eccentric disorders) are more prevalent in CH patients than in a population of migraineurs. Larger studies are needed to determine whether certain personality traits are related to CH.
YR 2016
FD 2016-03-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/9917
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/9917
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 7, 2025