Stress and headaches in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author:

Francisco Jenna,Golshan FalyORCID,Morrison Todd G.,Mickleborough Marla

Abstract

With regards to the relationship between mental and physical health conditions, some studies predict increased headache frequency as a result of exposure to stressful situations. Thus, the purpose of our study was to investigate whether headache characteristics among a sample of university students (N = 234) correlated with fear of COVID-19, stress and quality of life vis-à-vis the pandemic. We found statistically significant positive correlations between headache frequency and both general stress and quality of life. Further, results from a multiple regression analysis suggested that fear of COVID-19 did not account for incremental variance in headache intensity. Explanations for our key findings, limitations of our study, and future directions for post pandemic studies on headache experience are outlined.

Funder

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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