Migraine in physicians and final year medical students:A crosssectional insight into prevalence,self-awareness,and knowledge from Pakistan  

作　　者：Hassan Choudry Fateen Ata Muhammad Naveed Naveed Alam Ruqaiya Ruqaiya Mahammed Khan Suheb Muhammad Qaiser Ikram Muhammad Muzammil Chouhdry Muaz Muaz 

机构地区：[1]Department of Respiratory Medicine,University Hospital of Leicester,Leicester LE1,United Kingdom [2]Department of Internal Medicine,Hamad Medical Corporation,Doha 0000,Qatar [3]Department of Neurology,Faisalabad Medical University,Faisalabad 38000,Punjab,Pakistan [4]Department of Neurocritical Care,Adventhealth,Orlando,Florida 33662,United States

出　　处：《World Journal of Methodology》2022年第5期414-427,共14页世界方法学杂志

摘　　要：BACKGROUND Despite its high prevalence,migraine remains underdiagnosed worldwide.A significant reason is the knowledge gap in physicians regarding diagnostic criteria,clinical features,and other clinical aspects of migraine.AIM To measure the knowledge deficit in physicians and medical students and to assess the prevalence of migraine in the same population.METHODS An online questionnaire was developed and distributed among physicians and final year medical students on duty in various medical and surgical specialties of Allied and DHQ Hospitals,Faisalabad,between October 2018 and October 2019.Inclusion criteria were public practicing physicians who experience headaches,while those who never experienced headaches were excluded.Different questions assessed respondents on their knowledge of triggers,diagnosis,management,and prophylaxis of the migraine headache.They were asked to diagnose themselves using embedded ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria for different types of migraine.Graphs,tables,and figures were made using Microsoft Office 2016 and Microsoft Visio,and data analysis was done in R Studio 1.4.RESULTS We had 213 respondents and 175 fulfilled inclusion criteria,with 99(52%),58(30%)and 12(6.3%)belonging to specialties of medicine,surgery,and others,respectively.Both genders were symmetrically represented(88 male and 87 female).Fifty-two(24.4%)of our 213 respondents were diagnosed with migraine,with 26(50%)being aware of it.Females had higher prevalence among study participants(n=28,32.2%)compared to males(n=20,22.7%,P=0.19).A majority(62%)of subjects never consulted any doctor for their headache.Similarly,a majority(62%)either never heard or did not remember the diagnostic criteria of migraine.Around 38%falsely believed that having any type of aura is essential for diagnosing migraine.The consultation rate was 37%(n=65),and migraineurs were significantly more likely to have consulted a doctor,and a neurologist in particular(P<0.001).Consulters and migraineurs fared better in the knowledge of diagnostic aspects of th

关 键 词：MIGRAINE Headache disorders Knowledge study PREVALENCE KNOWLEDGE Epidemiology Public health 

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