Research Article

Migraine Pain Location and Measures of Healthcare Use and Distress: An Observational Study

Table 7

Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with lateralized headaches.

Lateralized n (%)Always left (−3) n (%)Mostly left (−1 to −3) n (%)Not lateralized n (%)Mostly right (+1 to +3) n (%)Always right (+3) n (%) value

Substance use4 (1.8)01 (1.5)10 (4.5)1 (0.9)00.6812
Anxiety73 (32.0)9 (37.5)23 (35.4)64 (28.7)33 (30.8)13 (27.1)0.3265
Depression69 (30.3)5 (20.8)19 (29.2)77 (34.5)33 (30.8)11 (22.9) 0.5142
Bipolar disorder10 (4.4)1 (4.2)4 (6.2)10 (4.5)3 (2.8)2 (4.2) 0.7507
Eating disorder3 (1.3)008 (3.6)00 0.5579
Psychotic disorder1 (0.4)001 (0.4)1 (0.9)1 (2.1) 0.0863
Posttraumatic stress disorder8 (3.5)3 (12.5)6 (9.2)8 (3.6)1 (0.9)1 (2.1)0.0048

Chi-square, for any degree of lateralization, right versus left.