Title |
White matter hyperintensities and self-reported depression in a sample of patients with chronic headache
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Published in |
The Journal of Headache and Pain, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1007/s10194-012-0493-y |
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Authors |
Gianluca Serafini, Maurizio Pompili, Marco Innamorati, Andrea Negro, Martina Fiorillo, Dorian A. Lamis, Denise Erbuto, Francesco Marsibilio, Andrea Romano, Mario Amore, Lidia D’Alonzo, Alessandro Bozzao, Paolo Girardi, Paolo Martelletti |
Abstract |
White matter hyperintensities (WMH) have been associated with mood disorders in psychiatric patients. In the present study, we aimed to assess whether WMHs are associated with depressive symptoms and different sensitivity of the behavioral inhibition (BIS), and activation (BAS) systems in patients with chronic headache. Participants were 85 adult outpatients (16 men and 69 women) with a diagnosis of chronic headache. All of the patients underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and were administered the BIS/BAS scales and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Above 40 % of patients had periventricular WMHs (PWMHs) and almost 98 % had deep WMHs (DWMHs). Patients with PWMHs reported fewer depressive symptoms than patients without PWMHs. Patients with more severe DWMHs (compared with patients with mild or without DWMH lesions) were older and reported lower scores on the drive dimension of the BIS/BAS scales. In multivariate analyses, patients with PWMHs were 1.06 times more likely to report fewer depressive symptoms than patients without PWMHs. WMH lesions in patients with chronic headache were associated with less depression severity. |
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Researcher | 8 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
Other | 4 | 7% |
Other | 13 | 23% |
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Psychology | 19 | 33% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 14% |
Neuroscience | 5 | 9% |
Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
Other | 5 | 9% |
Unknown | 17 | 30% |