[PDF][PDF] Headache prevalence, patterns, and symptoms amongst medical students at Fatima Memorial College, Lahore
Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences, 2010•pjmhsonline.com
Objective: To determine the prevalence of headache, its different patterns and associated
amongst medical students in Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore Study design: Cross-
sectional study. Place and duration of study: Department of Pharmacology, FMH College of
Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore from April 2010 to September 2010. Methods:. A total of 237
medical students aged 20 to 25 years, were included. The main outcome measures studied
were; prevalence of headache, associated symptoms and impact of positive family history …
amongst medical students in Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore Study design: Cross-
sectional study. Place and duration of study: Department of Pharmacology, FMH College of
Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore from April 2010 to September 2010. Methods:. A total of 237
medical students aged 20 to 25 years, were included. The main outcome measures studied
were; prevalence of headache, associated symptoms and impact of positive family history …
Abstract
Objective: To determine the prevalence of headache, its different patterns and associated amongst medical students in Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore Study design: Cross-sectional study. Place and duration of study: Department of Pharmacology, FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore from April 2010 to September 2010. Methods:. A total of 237 medical students aged 20 to 25 years, were included. The main outcome measures studied were; prevalence of headache, associated symptoms and impact of positive family history.
Results: The estimated prevalence rate of headache in medical students was 85.5%. Of them 43.1% had mild, 46.6% had moderate and 10.3% had severe headache. Nearly half of them (51%) had a frequency of 3 or less episodes per month. 20.87% had no warning symptoms. The most common site was frontal headache (30.4%) and in 66.7% of the cases it was aching in character. Of those taking medicines (41%) majority (825%) were self medicated. A positive family history was present in 58% students.
Conclusion: Headache is a major health problem amongst medical students. It is inappropriately treated and there is strong impact of family history
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