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Dr Umar Muhammad Muktar
Chairman NMA Sokoto
Abstract
| Volume 10 Number 3 - 4 July - December 2022 |
| Bashir E1, Lawan A2 , Muhammad I1 , Habib Z.G3 ,*Habib S.G2 , Kurawa M.S2 |
| Background : Headache is pain in the head extending from the ear, eyebrow to the occiput and neck which may be primary or secondary. Primary headaches are not associated with disease and include migraine, tension and cluster headaches. Objectives: The study determined the pattern of migraine and associated disability in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study. Ethical clearance was obtained from the ethical research committee of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH). A total of two hundred and fifty-four patients diagnosed with migraine using international headache society criteria attending neurology clinic in AKTH were interviewed and examined using a structured questionnaire which captured the biodata, pattern of migraine and its associated disability . The data obtained was collated and analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 23, United States. Chi-square test was used to analyze association between gender, family history, visual disturbances and migraine subtype. Those with p value of < 0.05 showed significant association and were subjected to logistic regression. Results: Of the 254 patients examined, there were 95 (37.4%) males and 159 (62.6%) females, (M: F1:2) with mean age of 28.9±9.7 years. Migraine without aura was the commonest type seen in 55.8% of patients. Most patients had unilateral headaches. About 52.8% and 57.5% had headaches that was throbbing in nature. The headache lasted for 72 hours in 48.2% and 48hrs in 30.3%. It was triggered by physical stress in 49.6% and lack of sleep in 46.5%. The commonest associated symptom was nausea in 44.9%, tinnitus 39.0% and vomiting in 29.1%. Most of the patients had family history of migraine (62.8%). MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment) was used to calculate migraine disability: 36.2% and 24.2% had moderate and severe disability associated with migraine, respectively. While 55.9% feel their sym |
| 10.47837/CMJ.2022102.4 |
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