Observational study reveals a subgroup of migraine patients prone to weekend headaches, suggesting stress relief as a trigger.
Key Points
Investigate the prevalence and factors associated with weekend headache among migraine patients using electronic headache diaries.
Two samples of individuals with migraine were analyzed.
Cluster analysis and logistic regression were employed to identify headache patterns and predictive factors.
Samples included 1793 and 5840 patients with at least 35 headache day entries from the DMKG-App.
Identified a weekend headache cluster in 14-15% of patients and 18% of episodic migraine individuals.
Weekend cluster more frequent in working patients (p < 0.001, OR = 3.57 to 3.97) and associated with lower headache frequencies (p < 0.001, OR = 0.86).
A small association with older age was limited to the app-only sample and was statistically significant (p < 0.001, OR = 1.01).