A Comparative Study of Cognitive Distortion among Mild and Severe Migraine Patients

Migraine is a kind of headache which induced various types of problems in patients. Cognitive distortion is one the worst impact of migraine. The term cognitive distortion refers the individual’s negative thoughts towards their environment. The aim of this research is to know the level of migraine and its impact on cognitive distortion. 62 migraine patients were selected from different hospitals of Ranchi. The Migraine Disability Assessment Test (MIDAS) was applied to know the severity level of migraine and Cognitive Distortion Scale (CDS) was applied to know the cognitive distortion in patients. After analysis of data it was found that the number of severe migraine patients was higher and they have higher level of cognitive distortion.