Migraine in older adults represents an increasingly relevant yet underrecognized clinical challenge in aging societies, where multimorbidity, frailty, and polypharmacy complicate both diagnosis and management. Although traditionally considered a disorder of younger individuals, migraine frequently persists or presents after the age of 60 with atypical features, contributing to diagnostic uncertainty.
No actionable change for audiologists; this review addresses geriatric migraine and aging biology with no direct audiology or hearing-loss clinical guidance.
While migraine has vestibular manifestations (e.g., vestibular migraine) relevant to audiologists, this review focuses on the broader geriatric and public health framing with limited direct audiology implications.
- 01Review addresses migraine in older adults through the lens of geroscience (the biology of aging).
- 02Highlights clinical complexity from multimorbidity (multiple simultaneous health conditions) and frailty in aging patients.
- 03Links geriatric migraine management to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- 04Vestibular migraine in older adults is an indirect area of relevance to audiologists.
- 05No primary data are presented; this is a narrative or conceptual review.
Geriatric migraine management requires integration of geroscience principles and public health frameworks to address multimorbidity and frailty.
opinionunclear- PMID
- 42074890
- DOI
- 10.3390/jcm15083088.
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Older adults with migraine
- Intervention
- Narrative review of geriatric migraine in the context of geroscience and Sustainable Development Goals
Primary outcomes
Clinical complexity of migraine in aging populations; Alignment of geriatric migraine care with Sustainable Development Goals