Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Cephalalgia. 2023 Sep;43(9):3331024231198792. doi: 10.1177/03331024231198792.
This longitudinal cohort study aimed to investigate changes in migraine-related outcomes following COVID-19 infection and vaccination.
We identified 547 clinically diagnosed migraine patients from the Leiden Headache Center who kept a headache E-diary during the COVID-19 pandemic (February 2020 to August 2022). We sent a questionnaire to register their COVID-19 infection and/or vaccination dates. After applying inclusion criteria, n = 59 participants could be included in the infection analysis and n = 147 could be included in the vaccination analysis. Primary outcome was the change in monthly migraine days (MMD) between 1 month prior and 1 month post COVID-19 infection or vaccination. Secondary outcome variables were change in monthly headache days (MHD) and monthly acute medication days (MAMD).
Vaccination against COVID-19 was associated with an increase in MMD (1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.57-1.55; < 0.001), MHD (1.52; 95% CI = 0.91-2.14; < 0.001) and MAMD (0.72; 95% CI = 0.33-1.12; < 0.001) in the first month post-vaccination. COVID-19 infection solely increased the number of MAMD (1.11; 95% CI = 0.10-1.62; < 0.027), but no statistically significant differences in MMD or MHD were observed.
Our findings imply that vaccination against COVID-19 is associated with an increase in migraine, indicating a possible role of inflammatory mediators in migraine pathophysiology.
本纵向队列研究旨在探讨 COVID-19 感染和接种疫苗后偏头痛相关结局的变化。
我们从莱顿头痛中心确定了 547 名经临床诊断的偏头痛患者,他们在 COVID-19 大流行期间(2020 年 2 月至 2022 年 8 月)保持头痛电子日记。我们发送了一份问卷,以登记他们的 COVID-19 感染和/或疫苗接种日期。应用纳入标准后,n=59 名参与者可纳入感染分析,n=147 名参与者可纳入疫苗接种分析。主要结局是 COVID-19 感染或疫苗接种前后 1 个月内每月偏头痛天数(MMD)的变化。次要结局变量是每月头痛天数(MHD)和每月急性药物天数(MAMD)的变化。
COVID-19 疫苗接种与 MMD(1.06;95%置信区间 [CI] = 0.57-1.55; < 0.001)、MHD(1.52;95% CI = 0.91-2.14; < 0.001)和 MAMD(0.72;95% CI = 0.33-1.12; < 0.001)在接种疫苗后第一个月增加有关。COVID-19 感染仅增加了 MAMD(1.11;95% CI = 0.10-1.62; < 0.027)的数量,但 MMD 或 MHD 没有观察到统计学上的显著差异。
我们的研究结果表明,COVID-19 疫苗接种与偏头痛的增加有关,这表明炎症介质在偏头痛病理生理学中可能发挥作用。