Childhood onset of migraine, gender, parental social class, and trait neuroticism as predictors of the prevalence of migraine in adulthood

Helen Cheng; Luke Treglown; Andy Green; Benjamin P Chapman; Ekaterina N Κornilaki; Adrian Furnham

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.07.012

Childhood onset of migraine, gender, parental social class, and trait neuroticism as predictors of the prevalence of migraine in adulthood

J Psychosom Res. 2016 Sep:88:54-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.07.012. Epub 2016 Jul 22.

Authors

Helen Cheng¹, Luke Treglown², Andy Green³, Benjamin P Chapman⁴, Ekaterina N Κornilaki⁵, Adrian Furnham⁶

Affiliations

¹ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University College London, London WC1H 0AL, UK.
² Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
³ ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University College London, London WC1H 0AL, UK.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, 300 Crittendon, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
⁵ Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Greece.
⁶ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; BI: Norwegian Business School, Nydalsveien 37, 0484 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk.

PMID: 27521654
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.07.012

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of socio-demographic and psychological factors in childhood and adulthood on the prevalence of migraine in adulthood using data from The National Child Development Studies (NCDS), a birth cohort in the UK. The analytical sample comprises 5799 participants with complete data. Logistic regression analysis showed that higher professional parental social class (OR=2.0: 1.05, 3.86, p<0.05), female sex (OR=2.24: 1.68-2.99, p<0.001), migraine in childhood diagnosed by physicians (OR=1.76: 1.23-2.50, p<0.01), and higher trait neuroticism (OR=1.17:1.26-1.06, p<0.01):<0 were all significantly associated with the prevalence of migraine in adulthood. Both socio-demographic and personality factors were significantly associated with the prevalence of migraine in adulthood.

Keywords: Cross-sectional and longitudinal; Gender; Migraine; Parental social class; Trait neuroticism.

MeSH terms

Adult
Age of Onset
Anxiety Disorders / complications
Child
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Migraine Disorders / epidemiology
Migraine Disorders / etiology*
Migraine Disorders / psychology
Neuroticism
Parents
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Social Class
United Kingdom / epidemiology