title: Clinical characteristics of 226 college-going female migraineurs in Lahore, Pakistan - putting ICHD-2 to the road test.
abstract: The International Headache Society (IHS) criteria-based questionnaires were given to 647 college-going females (faculty and students) of selected universities in Lahore, Pakistan. Forty five (7%) were diagnosed with Migraine with Aura (MWA), 181 (28%) with Migraine without Aura (MWOA) and 421 (65%) as NMH (non-migrainous headache). We found 'Photophobia and Phonophobia' as the most common headache-associated symptoms, and 'Stress' and lack of sleep' as the most commonly reported triggers of MWA (44%) and MWOA (38%). Most common headache management practice amongst migraineurs was 'sleep' [MWA (35%) and MWOA (39%)]. This is the first paper which elucidates the symptomatology, risk factors and treatment modalities of migraineurs in Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Faraz A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bokhari
authors.forename: Waqas
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sami
authors.forename: Tania A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shakoori
authors.forename: Syed A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Ghulam Ali
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult