Migraine among medical students in Kuwait University

Al-Hashel, Jasem Yousef; Ahmed, Samar Farouk; Alroughani, Raed; Goadsby, PJ

doi:10.1186/1129-2377-15-26

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“…Our study showed that 93.5% of the students had experienced pain during the last 3 months. Studies in this same population showed frequencies as high as ours, ranging from 33 to 98% 3,4,5,6,10,11,14 . Among primary headaches, tension-type headache (TTH) was more frequent with a prevalence of 23.57%, followed by migraine with a prevalence of 16.43%.…”

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confidence: 68%

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

Almeida

Lima

Stabenow

et al. 2015

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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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.

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confidence: 68%

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

Almeida

Lima

Stabenow

et al. 2015

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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“…There are few studies focusing on migraine among university students in Arab Gulf Countries showing noticeable differences in prevalence (4). A reported migraine prevalence of 25.7% among 400 students at king Saud University in Riyadh, whereas in Kuwait University, (27)) reported 27.9% among 621 medical students.Other prevalence reported 12.2% in Oman (6) , 7.9% in Qatar (28).…”

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Prevalence of Migraine Among Female Students at Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Garah¹,

Neyaz²,

Shaqrun³

et al. 2016

IJAR

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Background:-University studentsare routinelycomplaining of triggers, especiallyirregular sleepand stress, which are commonly associated with migraineattacks. Objectives:-To assess the prevalenceof migraine headache among female students at Taibah University (Saudi Arabia) and to determine the common triggering and palliative factors of migraine headache among female University students. Methods:-A cross-sectional study was carried out among female university students.Participants who had suffered from two or more headaches in the previous 3 months were subjected to the IDMigraine screening test, then who had at least two positive answers of the screening test were confirmed as a migraineursbased on the diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society for migraine. Results:-Migraine was detected among 244 out of 395 students (61.8%).Physical stimulation as (light, loudness, change in weather, certain smells) were the most triggering factors of migraine in 170/244 (69.7%) of migraine students. The most important relieving factors were rest and sleep in 155/244 (63.5%), medication in (33.2%), followed by darkening room in (30.3%), message in (20.1%), and coffee drink in (18%) of migraine students. This study showed significant association between migraine headache and family history of migraine and studying in theoretical colleges. Conclusions:-The prevalenceof migraine among female students in Taibah University was high in comparison to other studies. The study recommend raising awareness towards migraine among students and teaching them how to deal with such a disabling condition to achieve optimum coping techniques aiming to a better quality of life.Copy Right, IJAR, 2013,. All rights reserved.

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“…In Kuwait, there had been few studies of prevalence of primary headache disorders, and they had been in select sub-populations rather than population-based studies [13,14]. GBD2010 [2] and GBD2013 [7] estimation for primary headache disorders were derived from very scarce data for Kuwait.…”

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Prevalence of Primary Headache Disorders in Kuwait

Al-Hashel

Ahmed²,

Alroughani³

2017

Neuroepidemiology

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Background: Only an insignificant quantum of data exists on the prevalence of primary headaches among those living in Kuwait. We aimed to determine the prevalence of primary headaches among the Kuwaiti population. Methods: This community-based study included Kuwaiti population aged 18-65 years. Using systematic random sampling, data was collected by the Headache-Attributed Restriction, Disability, Social Handicap and Impaired Participation questionnaire. Responses to the diagnostic questions were transformed into diagnoses algorithmically to confirm the diagnosis of primary headache. Results: A total of 15,523 patients were identified of whom 9,527 (61%) were diagnosed with primary headache disorder; a female predominance of 62.2% was observed. The mean age was 34.84 ± 10.19. Tension-type headache (TTH) was the most prevalent at 29% followed by episodic migraine (23.11%), chronic migraine (5.4%), and medication overuse headache (2.4%). Primary headache prevalence declined steadily from 71% in those aged 18-30 years to 23% in those over 50 (p < 0. 037). The female:male ratio was 1.7:1. Frequency and severity of primary headache were correlated significantly with lost work days (r = 0.611, p < 0.001 and r = 0.102, p = 0.001, respectively). Conclusions. In Kuwait, primary headache disorder is more frequent in young adults and females. TTH followed by episodic migraine were the more prevalent types of headache. Higher frequency and severe headaches were associated with increasing social and work-related burden.

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Migraine among medical students in Kuwait University

Cited by 78 publications

References 29 publications

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

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

Prevalence of Migraine Among Female Students at Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Prevalence of Primary Headache Disorders in Kuwait

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