Acta neurologica Scandinavica
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Dec 2011
Personality traits and psychological distress in persons with chronic tension-type headache. The Akershus study of chronic headache.
To explore the relationship between chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) and psychological factors (personality traits and psychological distress) in a population-based sample and to determine the influence of headache frequency and medication days. ⋯ Persons with CTTH have a high level of neuroticism and psychological distress. This can be either a primary or a secondary effect related to the premorbid psyche or caused by the chronic pain and is a question that future studies should address.