Prevalence and clinical characteristics of headache in medical students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Cephalalgia
; 29(4): 472-7, 2009 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
We investigated the 1-year prevalence, clinical features and mode of treatment of headache in medical students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, using a self-administered headache questionnaire. Headache prevalence was 46.0% and was significantly higher in women than in men (62.8% vs. 34.1%). Prevalence of tension-type headache was higher than that of migraine (18.1% vs. 6.4%). Although tension-type headache had a similar prevalence in both sexes (male 17.3%, female 19.2%), migraine was three times more common in women (10.9% vs. 3.2%). A family history of headache was present in 22.0%. Only 4.6% sought medical assistance, whereas 68.2% took non-prescription drugs, mainly simple analgesics. Specific drugs for migraine and tension-type headache were rarely used. In conclusion, 1-year headache prevalence is high among medical students at this university. The low consultation rate and the rarity of usage of specific anti-headache drugs probably reflect inadequacies in the management of primary headaches in this population.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Faculdades de Medicina
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Cefaleia
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cephalalgia
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Nigéria