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Table 3 Categories of depression based on Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score according to headache type

From: Characteristics and comorbidities of headache in patients over 50 years of age: a cross-sectional study

 

Episodic migraine

(n = 198)

Tension type headache

(n = 120)

Hemicranias continua or cluster headache

(n = 39)

chronic migraine

(n = 61)

HTN-induced headache

(n = 42)

Cervicogenic headache

(n = 47)

Medication overuse headache (n = 63)

P-value #

Normal

7

3.6%

5

4.6%

1

2.7%

5

8.3%

2

4.8%

7

15.6%

2

3.3%

0.009

Mild mood disturbance

14

7.2%

7

6.5%

3

8.1%

6

10.0%

3

7.1%

3

6.7%

0

0.0%

Borderline clinical depression

19

9.7%

11

10.2%

2

5.4%

11

18.3%

3

7.1%

0

0.0%

2

3.3%

Moderate depression

78

40.0%

37

34.3%

13

35.1%

18

30.0%

17

40.5%

13

28.9%

19

31.1%

Severe depression

59

30.3%

34

31.5%

14

37.8%

13

21.7%

11

26.2%

20

44.4%

23

37.7%

Extreme depression

18

9.2%

14

13.0%

4

10.8%

7

11.7%

6

14.3%

2

4.4%

15

24.6%

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