Improving the Perception of Stress and Mutuality in Caregivers (MI-DEAR Study) of Migraine Patients With Depressive Symptoms Treated With Fremanezumab: A Prospective Real-life Observational Study to Evaluate Whether Fremanezumab Reduces the Impact on Caregivers and Increases Couple Reciprocity
To evaluate the reduction of emotional burden (measured by Relative Stress Scale-RSS) of caregivers of migraine patients with Depressive Symptoms after 6 months after the first injection of fremanezumab.
⁃ PATIENTS
• Adult patients, male or female
• Diagnosis of migraine, with or without aura, or chronic migraine, according to the International Classification of Headaches (ICHD-3.)
• Diagnosis of migraine with onset at an age of less than 50 years
• Depressive symptoms in patients defined as a Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 scale score ≥5
• Complete details of migraine history and frequency of monthly migraine days in the past month
• clinical indication to start fremanezumab therapy to prevent migraine in patients naïve to monoclonal antibodies targeting the CGRP pathway
• In case of migraine preventive therapy and concomitant antidepressants, stability for at least 8 weeks prior to enrollment.
• Presence of a caregiver (see definition below) of the patient
• 80% compliance with diary and ability to complete the scale to provide written informed consent.
⁃ INFORMAL CAREGIVERS:
• Adult subjects, male or female.
• Informal caregiver is defined as a person--spouse/partner, parent, child/child, sibling--who cares for the migraine patient, sharing the same household and performing various functions, from basic daily needs to socio-economic activities)
• RSS score ≥ 1
• 80% compliance with completion scale ability to provide written informed consent