Clinical Analysis Of The Sleep Quality In Migraineurs

Objective To compare the sleep quality between common migraine included migraine without aura and migraine with aura and healthy people and analysis the effect of sleep quality to headache in patients with common migraine included migraine without aura and migraine with aura.Methods The 112 patients with common migraine included migraine without aura and migraine with aura were collected from Shandong Province Hospital from September 2008 to December 2008 refered to classification and diagnostic criteria of headache disorders, cranial neuralgias and facial pain which announced by Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society in Cephalalgia in 2004. Age, gender, the length of headache, the headache history of family, symptoms before the attacks and the seriousness were included and mark the quality of sleep with Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). Compare the prevalence of insomnia between the patients with common migraine included migraine without aura and migraine with aura and healthy person. These 112 cases were divided into three groups by grade of sleep quality: Group A, AIS score<4, 21 cases; Group B, AIS score=4-6, 25 cases; Group C, AIS score>6, 66 cases. Investigate the difference of gender, seriousness of headache, the length of headache, the headache history of family and symptoms before the attacks in the three groups and analysis the effect of sleep quality to headache in patients with common migraine included migraine without aura and migraine with aura.Results Common migraine included migraine without aura and migraine with aura correlates to the sleep disorders. There are significant differences of the length of headache and the seriousness of headache in the three groups.Conclusion Clinicians should value the sleep quality in migraineurs. Besides the headache, the sleep disorders especially insomnia should also be deal with for the chronic migraineurs and those whose headache has influenced their normal life.