Poor social support and loneliness in chronic headache: Prevalence and effect modifiers.
Maria Lurenda WestergaardCathrine Juel LauKaren AllesøeAnne Helms AndreasenRigmor Højland JensenPublished in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2021)
Poor social support and loneliness were prevalent among people with chronic headache. The combination of chronic headache and poor social support or loneliness showed higher odds ratios for stress, medication overuse, and poor self-rated health compared to those with good social support and low loneliness scores. The effect of loneliness in the relationship between chronic headache and medication overuse warrants further study.