Migraine Headaches: The Predictive Role of Anger and Emotional Intelligence.
Maryam Shaygan, Elham Saranjam, Ameneh Faraghi and 1 others
PMID 35005043WHAT IT FOUND
Chronic migraine patients reported lower emotional intelligence and higher anger than healthy controls.
After considering demographic factors, only lower emotional intelligence was associated with migraine; anger was not.
Key findings
01Adults with chronic migraine had higher mean anger intensity scores than healthy controls.
02Adults with chronic migraine had lower mean emotional intelligence scores than healthy controls.
03When demographic factors were considered, emotional intelligence was significantly associated with chronic migraine, but anger was not significantly associated.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that emotional intelligence or anger causes chronic migraine. The migraine patients were recruited by convenience sampling from clinics, so the results may not apply to all people with chronic migraine. Anger and emotional intelligence were measured only by self-report questionnaires, not by clinical assessment.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that low emotional intelligence causes chronic migraine or that improving it will reduce migraine. The study compared groups at one time and did not test an intervention.