Discrimination of people with and without migraine on the basis of borderline personality disorder

Given the importance of psychological factors of personality in the development and exacerbation of symptoms of migraine, this study aimed to determine the role of borderline personality disorder components in discrimination of people with and without migraine. The research method was causal-comparative and statistical population included all patients of Khatam hospital in Zahedan who during 2017 was due to headache. Among patients with headache, were identified as migraine patients with a definite diagnosis by the neurologist and Ahvaz Migraine Questionnaire. Using the software Gpower 105 people with migraine and 105 without migraine subjects were considered as examples who had not experienced any headaches. They completed Ahvaz Migraine a headache questionnaire and Leichsenring Borderline Personality inventory. Data analyzed using descriptive statistics and discriminant analysis. Discriminant analysis results showed that reality testing of the damaged component has the highest discrimination power between two groups of people with and without migraine were. Next distinctive components respectively the identity confusion, fear of intimacy and the primary defense mechanisms were. Also, the results of the discriminant analysis showed that most people without migraine were correctly distinguished from other people with the highest percentage of detection (85.7%) and 81% of the people in two groups according to the function was properly reclassified. The results have important implications in changing the psychological state of patients and attention to the borderline personality disorder, in order to alleviate the symptoms of a migraine.