Indian College of Physicians Position Statement: Addictive Disorders Among Persons with Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: Migraine, a common primary headache disorder which can be severely disabling, associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) amongst affected patients. The present study was performed to provide adequate clinical data on migraine and the management practices in India. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was designed to assess disease burden, HRQoL, symptom profile, management trends and comorbidities associated with migraine patients across ten centres in India. This study assessed HRQoL using Migraine Specific Quality of life (MSQ) and Migraine Disability Assessment Scores (MIDAS) questionnaire. Categorical variables were summarized as frequency, and percentage and continuous variables as mean and standard deviation respectively. RESULTS: A total of 705 patients were enrolled with a mean age of 35.2 years. Hypertension (7.0%) was the highest co-morbid illness associated with migraine. A higher MSQ score was observed in females as compared to males (39.3±12.4 and 37.4±11.6) while MIDAS showed a comparable score (27.7±47.6 and 27.2±35.4). Majority of migraine patients were unemployed (61.6%) and in profession, females had poor HRQoL than males by MIDAS and MSQ. Majority of patients had pulsating, bilateral attacks for the duration of 4h to 72 h. Paracetamol (47.1%) and propranolol (50.9%) was most commonly prescribed drugs for acute attack and prophylaxis, respectively. CONCLUSION: The quality of life was superior in males as compared to females amongst migraine patients in India. Hypertension was the commonest comorbidity associated with migraine. KEY MESSAGES Migraine is associated with substantial disability with higher prevalence in females and older people (age >40 years). NSAIDs and propanol was widely prescribed drug in acute attacks and prophylaxis of migraine respectively. Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and anxiety were common comorbidities associated with migraine.