MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment): a valuable tool for work-site identification of migraine in workers in Brazil

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between headache and alcohol consumption among medical students. 480 medical students were submitted to a questionnaire about headaches and drinking alcohol. Headache was assessed by IDMigraine and functional disability was evaluated with MIDAS. The evaluation of alcohol consumption was assessed with Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). There was significantly lower proportion of students with drinking problem among students with headache. This occurred both among students classified as having migraine and among those who had non-migrainous headache. There was not a correlation between functional disability of headache and AUDIT score. Our data suggest that having headache leads to a reduction in alcohol consumption among medical students regardless the degree of headache functional impact.

Section: Headache: Lower Alcohol Consumption Domingues and Dominguesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Headache is associated with lower alcohol consumption among medical students

Domingues

2011

“…It is expressed by loss of days at work or at school, household chores, and social activity, during a 3-month period. It has already been translated and validated for the Brazilian-Portuguese language 9 . Even being a questionnaire that analyses the migraine disability specifically, the MI-DAS score were previously tested in populations of nonmigraine headache sufferers.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence and impact of headache in undergraduate students in Southern Brazil

Falavigna

Teles

Velho

et al. 2010

Objective: To determine the prevalence, characteristics and impact of headache among university students. Method: The criteria established by the International Headache Society were used to define the primary headache subtypes and the Migraine Disability Assessment Questionnaire (MIDAS), to assess the disability. The students were then grouped into six categories: [1] .5% had at least one headache episode in the last three months. Regarding disability, there was a significant difference between the headache types (p<0.0001). In the post-hoc analysis, migraine was the headache type with most reported disability. Conclusion: Headache is a highly prevalent condition among the students at the University of Caxias do Sul. This disease may have a major impact on the students' lives and in some cases, ultimately lead to educational failure. Key words: disability, headache, prevalence, young population.

“…This questionnaire has already been validated for the Portuguese language 18 . The score obtained can be graded as follows: grade I (0 to 5 days) indicative of little or no disability; grade II (6 to 10 days), mild disability; grade III (11 to 20 days), moderate disability; and grade IV (greater than 21 days), severe disability.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Headache-related disability among medical students in Amazon: a cross-sectional study

Almeida

Lima

Stabenow

et al. 2015

Objective To evaluate the prevalence of headache in medical students, and quantify the degree of disability through HIT-6 and MIDAS scale. Method The criteria established by International Headache Society were used and the HIT-6 and MIDAS, to asses disability. Results 140 medical students from UFAM were evaluated. 16.43% cases of migraine headache, 6.43% of probable migraine, and 23.57% of tension headaches were detected. 6.42% reported an absence of headache; and another 11.42% had secondary headache. According to the HIT-6 questionnaire, in 7.14% and 18.57% of the students, headaches were classified as having substantial to severe impact, respectively. Conclusion Migraine and probable migraine had higher scores than the other types of headache and, therefore, led to higher levels of disability. The present study did not find a significant correlation between student semester, age or extracurricular activities on the impact generated by headache.