The Comparison of Pain-Related Anxiety, Pain Self-Efficacy and Coping Strategies in Women with Migraine Headache and Normal

Migraines in women are an important health issue. The purpose of this study was to compare pain-related anxiety, pain self-efficacy and coping strategies in women with migraine headache and normal.

This research was a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of this study was all women with migraine headache and all healthy women in Kermanshah province. 30 migraine headache patients referred to psychiatric and neurological clinics in Kermanshah province were selected by convenience sampling method. 30 healthy subjects were selected based on their (age, level of education and status Socioeconomics) were chosen and questionnaires anxiety associated with pain, pain self-efficacy and coping strategies responded. The collected data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation, and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).

The results showed that women with migraine headache had a significant difference in mean scores of cognitive, escape-avoidance, fear and physiological, self-efficacy, problem-oriented coping and emotional coping with normal group (P<0/001(.

Considering the difference between women with migraine in the mean of cognitive scores, escape-avoidance, fear and physiological self-efficacy, problem-oriented coping and emotional coping, the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy and teaching coping strategies and stress management in the form of workshops as supplementary therapies.