Prevalence and impact of headache in undergraduate students in Southern Brazil

Falavigna, Asdrúbal; Teles, Alisson Roberto; Velho, Maíra Cristina; Vedana, Viviane; Silva, Roberta Castilhos da; Mazzocchin, Thaís; Basso, Maira; Braga, Gustavo

doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2010000600008

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“…Students of several courses were selected, of whom, 813 presented headache, being for migraine a prevalence of 6,9%, and inferior when compared to other studies. (7) Regarding the duration of the migraine crisis, which is characterized for migraine without aura from 4 to 72 hours, it occurred in 90% of "4 to 24 hours" and 10% of "1 to 3 days" in academics of this study (Table 1), corroborating with the results of Andrade et al who demonstrated that this characteristic occurred in 100% of medical students in the city of Barbacena. (14) Different of Adoukonou et al who in the city of Parakou (West Africa) demonstrated that university students presented 62% of this characteristic for migraine without and with aura, and the two migraines were not separated as to the duration of the crisis.…”

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“…Bigal et al (6) , found a prevalence of 25% of migraine in Brazil and they also observed that the students with migraine showed a decrease of 62,7% in productivity in comparison with a decrease of 24,4% in the ones with episodic tensiontype headache. (7) Migraine has a significant impact on the quality of life, the health resources, and the professional and personal activities of patients. (8) Some studies on the prevalence of migraine have reported that migraine may be more common in college students than in other social groups.…”

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Migraine without aura in academics of physical therapy course

Guimarães¹,

Rodrigues

Makhoul

et al. 2020

mtprehabjournal

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Introduction:Migraine is a primary headache that is usually severe. It is classified into five main categories, the two most important being migraine without aura and migraine with aura. The common, without aura, is characterized by periodic headaches that are usually pulsatile and unilateral, exacerbated by activities and associated with nausea, photophobia and phonophobia. In academics, headaches lead to loss of days of study and worse academic performance. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of migraine without aura in academics of the Physiotherapy course. Methodology: A total of 217 physiotherapy students over 18 years of age were evaluated, and the headache questionnaire was applied according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, 2014. Conclusion: It is concluded that there was prevalence of migraine without aura in academics of the Physiotherapy course.

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Migraine without aura in academics of physical therapy course

Guimarães¹,

Rodrigues

Makhoul

et al. 2020

mtprehabjournal

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“…However, most studies focus on one category of illness. For example, the prevalence and characteristics of headache in Brazil [16], Europe [17], Nigeria [18], and Turkey [19], the trigger factors for headache [20], and the relationship between stress and gastrointestinal upset and headaches [21,22], and anorexia [23].…”

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The impact of academic stress on medical students attending college in the Inner Mongolia Area of China

Chen¹,

Wu²,

He³

et al. 2013

OJPM

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The aim of this study was to examine whether student characteristics affect the risk of health conditions, and explore whether the degree of academic stress affects the level of distress. We surveyed medical students in the Inner Mongolia Medical College China using a questionnaire. A logistic regression analysis was used to ascertain factors associated with distress. The Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test was used to determine the relationship between distress and different academic stress levels. Of the 6044 students completing questionnaires, 47.5% self-reported distressing body symptoms induced by academic stress. Chi square tests showed statistically significant associations between distress and gender, academic stress, and residence; feeling academic stress caused a more than 1.5 times risk of distress. Gender and academic stress were significantly associated with distress in non-conditional binary logistic regression models. Compared with male students, female students was more likely to feel distress. The Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test also showed that the distress rate increased with academic stress and a dose-response relationship between the distress rate and stress level was found. The present study indicates that it is important to reduce academic stress and manage it in order that better outcomes be achieved in regard to distress, especially in females.

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“…Headaches are very important due to disruptions in daily tasks, decreasing working efficiency, and the use of pain-relief medication (6). The high prevalence of this disorder has a very significant effect on job performance as well as quality of life and imposes a great economic burden on society (4, 7). …”

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Comparison of Neurofeedback and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Efficacy on Treatment of Primary Headaches: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Farahani

Tavallaie

Ahmadi

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background:Headache is one of the most prevalent investigated complaints in the neurology clinics and is the most common pain-related complaint worldwide. Stress is a significant factor that causes and triggers headaches. Since healthcare practitioners experience a lot of stress in their careers, they are more prone to headaches.Objectives:This study was designed to evaluate and compares the efficacy of neurofeedback behavioural therapy (NFB) and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in the treatment of primary headaches in healthcare providers.Patients and Methods:The current study was a clinical trial, performed in Teheran, IR Iran, with two experimental groups and a control group. Convenient sampling method was used to recruit patients. Independent variables were NFB and TENS and dependent variables were frequency, severity, and duration of headache. Blanchard headache diary was used for assessment. Hence, 45 healthcare providers with primary headache were selected and randomly allocated to one of the NFB, TENS, and control groups by block random assignment method. All three groups completed the headache diary during one week before and after the treatment period as pretest and posttests, respectively. The NFB group was treated in the period between pretest and posttest with fifteen 30-minute treatment sessions three times a week and the TENS group was treated with fifteen 20-minute daily sessions. The control group received none of these treatments.Results:The results from the analysis of covariance showed that treatment with NFB and TENS had caused significant decrease in the frequency, severity, and duration of headache in experimental groups. The results of the LSD post-hoc test indicated that there were significant differences in the frequency, severity, and duration of pain among experimental groups and the control group. Moreover, there were significant differences between pain frequencies in experimental groups.Conclusions:According to the results and given the significant reductions in the frequency, severity, and duration of headaches, it seems that NFB and TENS might have an effective role in reducing primary headaches of healthcare providers. In addition, comparing the two methods, treatment with NFB was more effective in reducing headache frequency and severity.

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Prevalence and impact of headache in undergraduate students in Southern Brazil

Cited by 35 publications

References 18 publications

Migraine without aura in academics of physical therapy course

Migraine without aura in academics of physical therapy course

The impact of academic stress on medical students attending college in the Inner Mongolia Area of China

Comparison of Neurofeedback and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Efficacy on Treatment of Primary Headaches: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

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