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标题：Anxiety, Depression, and Body Weight in Children and Adolescents With Migraine
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作者：Samuela Tarantino ; Laura Papetti ; Alessandra Di Stefano 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2020
卷号：11
页码：530911-530918
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2020.530911
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：Background: There is a lack of studies that explore the possible association between body weight, psychological symptoms, and migraine severity in pediatric populations. The purpose of the study was to explore: (1) the association between body weight and the frequency of migraine attacks, (2) the possible differences in anxiety and depression symptoms according to the frequency of attacks and body weight, and (3) the possible mediating role of anxiety and/or depression in the association between body weight and frequency of migraine attacks in children. Methods: One hundred and eleven children/adolescents with migraine were included (47 boys and 64 girls; mean age 11.7; ±2.4 years). The patients were classified as: (1) high frequency patients, reporting from weekly to daily episodes and (2) low frequency patients, with ≤3 episodes per month. According to their body mass index percentiles, the patients were divided in "Normal weight" (from ≥5 to <85 percentile), "Overweight" (from ≥85 to <95 percentile), and "Obese" (≥95 percentile). Given the low number of obese patients, the overweight and obese groups were considered together in the "Overweight" group. Anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed by the Self-Administered Psychiatric Scales for Children and Adolescents (SAFA). Results: Fifty-four patients were normal in weight (49.6%), while 56 patients (50.4%) were overweight. The overweight patients showed a higher frequency of migraine attacks (64.7%; p < 0.05). Patients with a high frequency of attacks reported higher scores in all SAFA-Anxiety subscales (SAFA-A Tot: F = 15.107; p = 0.000). Overweight patients showed a significantly higher score in the "Separation anxiety" subscale ( F = 7.855; p = 0.006). We found a mediating role between the overweight and high frequency for total anxiety ( z = 2.11 ± 0.03; p < 0.05) and social anxiety ( z = 2.04 ± 0.03; p < 0.05). Conclusions: Our results suggest that, among the children suffering from migraine, the overweight status is associated with a higher frequency of attacks and separation anxiety symptoms. In particular, our study provides the first evidence of the role of anxiety in linking overweight and the frequency of migraine attacks in children and adolescents. Copyright © 2020 Tarantino, Papetti, Di Stefano, Messina, Ursitti, Ferilli, Sforza, Moavero, Vigevano, Gentile and Valeriani.
关键词：anxiety;body weight;children;depression;migraine frequency