pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Migraine triggers in Asian countries: a narrative review - PubMed

  • ️Sun Jan 01 2023

Review

Migraine triggers in Asian countries: a narrative review

Chisato Iba et al. Front Neurol. 2023.

Abstract

Background: Migraine is one of the most common neurological disorders worldwide. Clinical characteristics of migraine may be somewhat different across ethnic groups. Although factors such as stress, lack of sleep, and fasting are known as migraine triggers, the discussion about geographical differences of migraine triggers in Asia is lacking.

Methods: In this study, we performed a narrative review on migraine triggers in Asia. We searched PubMed for relevant papers published between January 2000 and February 2022.

Results: Forty-two papers from 13 Asian countries were included. Stress and sleep are the most frequently reported migraine triggers in Asia. There were some differences in migraine triggers in Asian countries: fatigue and weather common in Eastern Asia and fasting common in Western Asia.

Conclusion: Majority of the common triggers reported by patients with migraine in Asia were stress and sleep, similar to those reported globally, thus showing they are universally important. Some triggers linked to internal homeostasis are influenced by culture (e.g., alcohol, food/eating habit), and triggers related to environmental homeostasis, such as weather, are highly heterogenous between regions.

Keywords: Asia; migraine; sleep; stress; triggers.

Copyright © 2023 Iba, Ohtani, Lee, Huh, Watanabe, Nakahara, Peng and Takizawa.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

ML reports being a consultant/advisor for Eli Lilly. ML received speaker's fee from Abbvie, Eli Lilly, YuYu Pharma, SK Chemical, Teva, and Sanofi-Aventis Korea Co. K-PP received speaker's honorarium from Teva. TT reports being a consultant/advisor for Eli Lilly Japan, Otsuka, and Amgen. TT received speaker's fees from Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly Japan, Amgen, Otsuka, Kowa, UCB Japan, Santen, Eisai, and Kyowa Kirin, and research fund from Eli Lilly Japan and Tsumura outside the submitted work. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1

The flowchart of the narrative review. The inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study are shown.

Figure 2
Figure 2

The categorization of Asian countries based on the United Nations Statistics Division.

Figure 3
Figure 3

The prevalence of migraine triggers in Asian countries. Countries are listed in order of regions in Asia: Eastern Asia, South-eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and Western Asia. When multiple items belonged to a group, the highest proportion was applied to the figure. The assigned colors are determined according to the ranking in each study (i.e., darker colors represent factors recognized by more respondents). Age was not available in some studies. The provided information about the background of the studied group is shown below [age; mean (range)]. N/A, not available, (i) elementary/junior high school students, (ii) junior high school students, (iii) university students, (iv) medical students, (v) medical students and interns.

Similar articles

Cited by

  • The meteorological contrast index in the context of climate change and public health.

    Daysarih TR, Ana S, Pablo FA. Daysarih TR, et al. MethodsX. 2023 Aug 23;11:102331. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102331. eCollection 2023 Dec. MethodsX. 2023. PMID: 37674863 Free PMC article.

  • Prevalence and characteristics of headache among medical students in Egypt: a multicentric cross-sectional study.

    Mohamed RG, Sarhan K, Kamel B, Almetwaly RM, Fouda EE, Meshref M, Bioumy S, Alemam D, Ahmed HA. Mohamed RG, et al. BMJ Neurol Open. 2024 Oct 15;6(2):e000851. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2024-000851. eCollection 2024. BMJ Neurol Open. 2024. PMID: 39415897 Free PMC article.

  • Eating attitudes of migraine patients in Turkey: a prospective multi-center study.

    Ocal R, Karakurum-Goksel B, Van M, Coskun O, Karaaslan C, Ucler S, Gokcay F, Celebisoy N, Sirin H, Kisabay Ak A, Saritas AS, Cerrahoglu Sirin T, Hasirci Bayir BR, Ekizoglu E, Orhan EK, Bayram D, Tanik N, Bicakci S, Ozturk V, Inan LE, Metin KM, Eren Y, Dora B, Oguz-Akarsu E, Karli N, Celik EU, Atalar AC, Gozubatik Celik RG, Mutluay B, Aydinlar EI, Yalinay Dikmen P, Semercioglu S, Emre U, Buldukoglu OC, Er B, Kilboz BB, Ibis S, Yagiz S, Koklu H, Kamaci I, Aliyeva G, Ates BE, Kara MM, Altunc FZ, Kaya I, Sisman C. Ocal R, et al. BMC Neurol. 2024 May 29;24(1):180. doi: 10.1186/s12883-024-03672-6. BMC Neurol. 2024. PMID: 38811875 Free PMC article.

  • Whether Weather Matters with Migraine.

    Denney DE, Lee J, Joshi S. Denney DE, et al. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2024 Apr;28(4):181-187. doi: 10.1007/s11916-024-01216-8. Epub 2024 Feb 15. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2024. PMID: 38358443 Free PMC article. Review.

References

    1. GBD . Headache collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of migraine and tension-type headache, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Neurol. (2018) 17:954–76. 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30322-3 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ashina M, Katsarava Z, Do TP, Buse DC, Pozo-Rosich P, Özge A, et al. . Migraine: epidemiology and systems of care. Lancet. (2021) 397:1485–95. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32160-7 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Robbins MS, Lipton RB. The epidemiology of primary headache disorders. Semin Neurol. (2010) 30:107–19. 10.1055/s-0030-1249220 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Kim BK, Chung YK, Kim JM, Lee KS, Chu MK. Prevalence, clinical characteristics and disability of migraine and probable migraine: a nationwide population-based survey in Korea. Cephalalgia. (2013) 33:1106–16. 10.1177/0333102413484990 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Alders EE, Hentzen A, Tan CT. A community-based prevalence study on headache in Malaysia. Headache. (1996) 36:379–84. 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3606379.x - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

Grants and funding

The publication of this article was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (grant number 19K16989 to TT) and Keio Global Research Institute Start-up grant (to TT).

LinkOut - more resources