A cross-sectional study of pain severity in patients suffering from different types of primary headache in the hospital setting

Authors

  • Sanjay Prasad Department of Psychiatry, M.G.M Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Abhay Paliwal Department of Psychiatry, M.G.M Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Ram Ghulam Razdan Department of Psychiatry, M.G.M Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20201920

Keywords:

Migraine, Severity of pain, Tension type headache

Abstract

Background: Primary headache disorders including migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are of great importance to global public health due to its high prevalence, but very few studies have been conducted to know its prevalence and pain severity of different types of primary headache. Aim of this study was to investigate the subtypes and pain severity of different types of primary headache in hospital setting.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study with 200 sample size. Includes patients with Primary headache in department of Psychiatry, MGMMC, Indore. Patient aged between 18-65 years, both gender. Diagnosis of headache was done clinically in accordance with International Classification of Headache disorders (ICHD- 3). Semi-structured headache questionnaire, Comparative pain scale were used for assessment of samples.

Results: Among 200 patients, Tension type headache was 73.5%, Migraine was 22%, Mixed headache was in 4.5% patients. Majority of migraine and mixed headache cases had severe pain at 93.2% & 55.6% respectively. Majority of TTH cases had moderate pain in 42.2% patients.

Conclusions: Study has shown assessments of severity of pain, can be used to assess the impact of Primary headache on patient’s quality of life.

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2020-04-27

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Prasad, S., Paliwal, A., & Razdan, R. G. (2020). A cross-sectional study of pain severity in patients suffering from different types of primary headache in the hospital setting. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 8(5), 1740–1744. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20201920

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