The impact of parental migraine on children.

Date

2020

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Publisher

Springer Link

Abstract

Purpose of Review

This review surveys our current understanding of the impact of parental migraine on children. Understanding the impact of migraine on others in a family unit is critical to describing the full burden of migraine and to developing psychosocial supportive interventions for patients and their families.

Recent Findings

Having a parent with migraine is associated with several early developmental features including infant colic. Adolescent children of parents with migraine self-report their parent’s migraine interferes with school and activities and events. Further, migraine is perceived to impact the relationship between the parent and child. Having a parent with migraine increases a child’s risk of having migraine, and having more severe migraine disease. However, children with migraine whose parent also has migraine appear to receive more early and aggressive treatment.

Summary and social domains

The impact of migraine extends beyond the parent with migraine and influences children across biological, psychological,

Description

Scholarly article

Keywords

social participation, migraine, child development, psychological adjustment testing, children of parents with disabilities, colic, diseases, psychological tests, children of people with mental illness, psychosocial factors, disease susceptibility, Impact of Event Scale, questionnaires, research funding, parent-child relationships

Citation

Marzouk, M., & Seng, E. (2020). The impact of parental migraine on children. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 24(12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-020-00915-2