Frequency of Headache in the Medical Students of Santa Catarina's Federal University

Costa, Marianges Zandrozny Gouvêa Da; Soares, Claúdia Bernadet; Heinisch, Liana Miriam Miranda; Heinisch, Roberto Henrique

doi:10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00129.x

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“…Our findings of higher pre valence of headaches among women is consistent with several other studies 5,[6][7][8][9][10]21,22 . In our study, the overall lifetime headache prevalence among men (97%) and women (100%) and the last-year prevalence among men (86%) and women (93%) were comparable with previous reports by Deleu et al 9 and Costa et al 6 .…”

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“…In our study, the overall lifetime headache prevalence among men (97%) and women (100%) and the last-year prevalence among men (86%) and women (93%) were comparable with previous reports by Deleu et al 9 and Costa et al 6 . The male/female ratio was 1:1.94.…”

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“…Costa et al 6 found that 84% of their research subjects (medical students) reported self-medication and that 34% of their subjects reported seeking medical care for their headaches. Deleu et al 9 reported a self-medication rate of 80% among medical students and that only 23% of their research subjects reported seeking medical assistance for their headaches.…”

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“…Hence, they would suffer migraine more frequently, and we hypothesize that they would have headaches of greater intensity. In a study conducted by Costa et al 6 , 34% of the research subjects (medical students) reported having severe limitations to their daily routine as a result of headaches, and 3% reported having incapacitating headaches that impeded them from performing any activities during their headache crises.…”

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“…Fifty-four percent of the students who reported headaches were females and 28% were males, in a sample of 595 students. Costa et al 6 showed that 80% out of 408 medical students at the Federal University of Santa Catarina reported having headaches and that 16% of the cohort suffered from headaches frequently. In a similar study, Muñiz et al 7 found that 95% of 96 medical students had experienced headaches or migraines in their lifetimes.…”

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Headache among medical and psychology students

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Headaches occur frequently and thus are a key component of sociocentric medical education. Objective: To study headaches among students of medicine and psychology in a single university. Method: This was a questionnaire-based survey of a cohort of students of medicine and psychology. Results: The overall lifetime prevalence of headache was 98% and over the last year, 91%. Tensional headache accounted for 59% and migraine 22% in medicine; and 48.5% and 32% respectively in psychology. Forty-five percent reported that headaches had a variable sporadic impact on their productivity. The self-medication rate was 77%. Thirty-six percent reported worsening since admission to the university. Conclusion: The prevalence of headaches was very high. Tension-type headaches predominated in males and migraine in females. Tension-type was more frequent among medical students than among psychology students; migraine was more frequent in psychology (more females) than in medicine. Both kinds of students reported that headaches caused low interference with daily activities. The students reported that their symptoms had worsened since admission to the university. Key words: headaches, migraine, tension-type headache, medical students, psychology students, sociocentric education.Cefaléia em estudantes de medicina e psicologia RESUMO Cefaléia é frequente e tema importante para a educação médica sociocêntrica. Objetivo: Estudar cefaléias entre estudantes de medicina e de psicologia. Método: Foi estudo coorte, baseado num questionário respondido pelos estudantes. Resultados: Cefaléia pelo menos uma vez na vida ocorreu em 98% dos estudantes; no último ano, 91%.Cefaléia tensional ocorreu em 59% e enxaqueca em 22% na Medicina; na Psicologia 48,5% e 32%, respectivamente. De todos os estudantes, 45% relataram interferência variável na produtividade. No geral, a taxa de automedicação foi 77%; relataram piora da cefaléia desde o ingresso na universidade 36%. Conclusão: A prevalência de cefaléias foi muito alta. Cefaléia tensional predominou nos homens e enxaqueca nas mulheres. Cefaléia tensional ocorreu mais na Medicina do que na Psicologia; enxaqueca foi mais prevalente em Psicologia (onde havia predomínio do gênero feminino) do que Medicina. Nos dois grupos houve baixa interferência na produtividade; houve piora dos sintomas desde o ingresso na universidade. Palavras-chave: cefaléias, enxaqueca, cefaléia tensional, estudantes de medicina, estudantes de psicologia, educação sociocêntrica. CorrespondenceLuis Felipe Berchielli Alameda dos Jurupis 900 / apto 24 T3 04088-002 São Paulo SP -Brasil

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Prevalence and classification of headache in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

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Studies on the prevalence of headache in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have shown that it varies from 32 to 78%. The purpose of our study was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of headache in SLE compared with patients with different types of diffuse connective tissue diseases (DCTD) and its relationship with clinical and laboratory manifestations of SLE. We studied patients with SLE (SLE group) and patients with DCTD (control group). All patients were made to answer questionnaire to assess the presence of headache, characterized by at least five episodes of headache during the last year, which was classified according to the International Headache Society criteria. A total of 207 patients were studied, 115 in SLE group and 92 in the control group. The 1-year prevalence of headache was 75.7% in SLE group and 66% in the control group. When the groups were analyzed, 66.1% met the diagnostic criteria for migraine in the SLE group compared with 52.2% in the control group (p=0.04) and 13.9% for tension-type headache in SLE group compared with 16.3% in the control group. The former was the only variable that reached statistical significance comparing the two groups. Both headache and migraine were associated with Raynaud's phenomenon in SLE patients (odds ratio of 2.80, 95% confidence interval: 1.11-7.05, p=0.02 and odds ratio of 2.34, 95% confidence interval: 1.04-5.23, p=0.03, respectively). These results suggest that headache is a common manifestation in SLE and in other DCTD and we cannot exclude the possibility that it may be related to the emotional stress induced by such clinical situations.

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Diagnosis, epidemiology, and impact of tension-type headache

Jensen

2003

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Although tension-type headache is the most prevalent headache and affects 78% of the general population, the substantial societal and individual burden associated with this primary headache has been overlooked. In contrast to migraine headache, there has been limited focus on tension-type headache. Most patients with the chronic form of tension-type headache, which affects 3% of the population, are left virtually without any specific treatment. Chronic tension-type headache differs from the episodic form in frequency, lack of effect to most treatment strategies, more medication overuse, and more loss of quality of life. Daily or near daily headaches also constitute a major diagnostic and therapeutic problem and distinguishing chronic tension-type headache from migraine headache and from medication-induced headache is a substantial diagnostic challenge because management strategies are completely different. Considerable benefits for the society can be gained by specific strategies leading to reductions in the amount of sickness absence and impaired working abilities. The burden on the affected patients' and their families' quality of life also may be improved by a general acceptance of the disorder and by the development of a specific treatment strategy.

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Frequency of Headache in the Medical Students of Santa Catarina's Federal University

Cited by 29 publications

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Headache among medical and psychology students

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