title: [Incidence of migraine among physicians of the city of Lódź and their families].
abstract: Using an inquiry method the prevalence of migraine was determined in a group of 711 physicians and their spouses in the City of Lódź. This prevalence was 7.8%-12.2%. This prevalence was twice as high in physicians as in their spouses. The author explains this as an example of differences in the prevalence of migraine in different occupational groups. In 85.9% of the subjects with migraine there was a family history of migrainous headaches which is wet another evidence of familial occurrence of this disease. In the discussion the authors quotes a similar study of Dalsgaarg-Nielsen and Ulrich in Denmark in 1973 and stated that the results of the present study and that of the Danish authors were not significantly different with regard to the prevalence of migraine. Finally the authors stress the economic importance of migraine indicating that in 0.85% of the responders migraine attacks caused temporary disability to work of about 20 days annually.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D010820:Physicians; D011044:Poland; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Czestość migreny wśród lekarzy miasta Lodzi i ich rodzin.