Is being a night owl associated with higher migraine-related disability in patients with migraine?

Jun 10, 2026Frontiers in neurology

Being a night owl linked to more migraine disability in migraine patients

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Abstract

Migraine patients demonstrated significantly poorer sleep quality (PSQI: 7.28 vs. 4.37, < 0.001) compared to healthy controls.

  • Chronic migraine patients exhibited the highest disability scores (MIDAS: 36.17 vs. 9.63, < 0.001).
  • No significant difference in chronotype distribution was found between migraine patients and healthy controls (= 0.48).
  • Morning chronotypes had lower migraine disability scores (16.95 ± 16.17) compared to intermediate (23.93 ± 22.28) and evening types (23.55 ± 20.85), though these differences were non-significant (= 0.082).
  • Poor sleep quality is prevalent among migraine patients, particularly those with chronic migraine.

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