Concomitant Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms Influence Psychological Status in Korean Migraine Patients

Background/Aims: Migraine is frequently accompanied by symptoms consistent with functional gastrointestinal disor-ders (FGIDs). This study evaluated the prevalence of function-al gastrointestinal symptoms and assessed the symptoms’ relationship with the concomitant functional symptoms of anxiety, depression, and headache-related disability. Meth-ods: This prospective study included 109 patients with mi-graine who were recruited from a headache clinic at a teach-ing hospital. The participants completed a self-administered survey that collected information on headache character-istics, functional gastrointestinal symptoms (using Rome III criteria to classify FGID), anxiety, depression, and headache-related disability. Results: In total, 71 % of patients met the Rome III criteria for at least one FGID. In patients with FGID, irritable bowel syndrome was the most common sympto