4-The slightly higher negative coping methods in migraine patients was based on a simple correlation, not controlling for migraine symptoms or stress. There was no relationship between negative coping methods and resilience in patients with migraine https
3-“migraine patients…preferred negative methods more commonly in their way of coping with stress.” This judgmental language harkens back to the debunked theory of migraine as a psychosomatic illness and blames them for not managing better https://t.co/iTy6
2-“In our study...psychological resilience was inversely correlated with MIDAS score...patients with high levels of resilience may be less affected by migraine.” Just as plausible: patients with high levels of disability and pain have lower resilience http
1-This study on migraine patients provides disappointing examples of poor analysis, over-interpretation of very basic cross-sectional results and stigmatising use of language. https://t.co/iTy6J4on1K
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