INVESTIGATING THE NEUROCOGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SEQUELAE OF CHRONIC MIGRAINES. (16th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vitale, G; Tran, V; Lenox, M
• Is Part Of: Innovation in aging. Volume 2(2018)Supplement 1
• Page Start: 964
• Page End: 964
• Publication Date: 2018-11-16
• Subjects: Aging -- Periodicals; Gerontology -- Periodicals; 612.67
• DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy031.3573
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-5300

Abstract

Abstract: The objective was to determine 1) if migraines correlate with difficulties (e.g., cognitive, psychological, functional) and 2) most impacted domains. The sample (N=140) consisted of primarily (81.4%) female older adults with a mean age of 68.62 years (SD=10.08) and mean education of 16.31 years (SD=2.38). Exclusion criteria: diagnosis of possible/probable neurocognitive disorder, learning disability or substance abuse. Outcomes included age and education-normed z-scores from a cognitive screening, Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire (NPI-Q), and Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-S). De-identified data were collected from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) database. All measures from the cognitive screening fell within 1 standard deviation of the average (-1