Empathy and Perfectionism in Migraine

Authors : Meryem Dilek Acar, Murat Polat, Ercan Tural, Nuray Can Usta, Baki Doğan, Murat Terzi

Pages : 42-51

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Publication Date : 2023-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Abstract Objective: Migraine is a common headache disorder which can be seen with personality variables because of the projections effecting the central nervous system. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between patients’ characteristics and the migraine clinic, the empathy scores, also the perfectionism scores. Methods: The study performed with (>18 age) 104 migraineurs, and 104 healtly individuals for control group. Empathy for pain was determined via \"Empathy for Pain Scale\" and the perfectionism via \"Short Form of Perfectionism Scale\". The attack frequency in last 6 months, the duration of attacks, family history of migraine, presence of any chronic disease, prophylactic treatment, use of multiple analgesics of migraineurs and their sociodemographic characteristics were also investigated. Results: Empathy of migraineurs was high according to control group (p 0,05). Conclusions: Disgust, avoidance properties of migraineurs was high (p<0,05), probably because of increased vicarious sensations (p<0,05), and vicarious pain (p<0,005) of these patients. The high frequency of attacks without a family history (p<0,05) draws attention to the importance of environmental factors in the frequency of migraine attacks. Besides, probably higher oxidative stress in cigarette user migraineurs is related to decreased empathy (p<0,05), and also higher frequency of attacks in 6 months (p<0,05).
Keywords : migren, empati, mükemmelliyetçilik