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External and Internal Shame in people with migraines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

I. Georgiadis ,
K. Fountas ,
F. Malli ,
E. Dragioti  and
M. Gouva
I. Georgiadis*
Affiliation:
1st Neurosurgical Department, Iaso Thessalias Private Hospital
K. Fountas
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly
F. Malli
Affiliation:
Respiratory Disorders Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa
E. Dragioti
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Psychology of Patients, Families & Health Professionals, University of Ioannina – School of Health Sciences, Ioannina, Greece
M. Gouva
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Psychology of Patients, Families & Health Professionals, University of Ioannina – School of Health Sciences, Ioannina, Greece
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Migraine often leads to reduction of social power and prestige of the patients, hence leading further emotions of shame.

Objectives

Exploring the role of external and internal shame in people with migraines.

Methods

The sample consisted of 180 people, more specifically 140 people from the general population and 40 people who have been diagnosed with migraine and receiving treatment for migraine, who completed the following questionnaires voluntarily and anonymously: a) Migraine Experience Questionnaire and Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6), b) the Other As Shamer scale (OAS) c) the Experience of Shame Scale (ESS), and socio-demographic and self-reported questionnaire.

Results

Patients scored higher level external Shame (OAS) rates (31.28 ± 6.98) than people from the general population who scored lower external Shame (OAS) rates (16.89 ± 10.00) with a statistically significant difference between them (p = 0.000). Also, patients scored lower-level internal shame (ESS) rates (45.58 ± 6.91) than people from the general population who scored higher internal shame (ESS) rates (53.36 ± 15.62) with a statistically significant difference between them (p = 0.003).

Conclusions

Patients with symptoms of migraine show statistically higher level of external shame and lower level of internal shame and further study is considered necessary.

Disclosure of Interest

None Declared

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S625
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