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Table 2 Mean scores for stress types for each of the days

From: Stress and psychological factors before a migraine attack: A time-based analysis

 

Migraine days

N = 172

Mean (S.E.) effect

Pre-migraine days

N = 128

Mean (S.E.) effect

Buffer days

N = 320

Mean (S.E.) effect

Control days

N = 265

Mean (S.E.) effect

Headache severity

17.1 ± 1.4**1 **2 **3

7.0 ± 1.4**1

7.2 ± 1.3**1

4.2 ± 1.4

Stressful events

12.3 ± 1.5*2

11.7 ± 1.5

9.7 ± 1.4**1

13.3 ± 1.5

Daily hassles

10.7 ± 1.2*2

11.8 ± 1.2**2

8.4 ± 1.1**1

10.7 ± 1.2

Domestic stress

7.7 ± 1.4

8.1 ± 1.4

7.0 ± 1.3

8.8 ± 1.4

Non-domestic stress

11.1 ± 1.9*1 *2 *3

7.6 ± 1.9

8.1 ± 1.8

8.8 ± 1.9

  1. multi-comparison by multilevel modeling
  2. *1 p < 0.05 vs. control *2 p < 0.05 vs. buffer *3 p < 0.05 vs. pre-migraine
  3. **1 p < 0.01 vs. control **2 p < 0.01 vs. buffer **3 p < 0.01 vs. pre-migraine