Study of Obsessive-compulsive disorder in migraine sufferers and compared them with normal individuals

One of the psychological disorders that theoretically, is not unconnected with a migraine, obsessive-compulsive disorder is that with obsessive thoughts and rituals described, So this study aimed to compare components Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in migraine sufferers and healthy individuals.

Method this study was causal-comparative and population included all the patients admitted to Khatam hospital in Zahedan during 2015. 105 people of a migraine selected by using Gpower, recognition of neurologists and Ahvaz Migraine Questionnaire. They were compared with 105 normal individuals. The data collection tools were Ahvaz Migraine a headache (AMQ) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCI-R) questionnaire’s. Data analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Manova.

Results showed there is a significant difference between the groups with and without migraines in component scores of obsessive-compulsive disorder. So that migraine sufferers in grades washing, ordering, checking, neutralization and intellectual Obsession had more scores(P0.05).

The results obtained, in terms of more attention to obsessive-compulsive disorder is important in reducing migraine attacks.