title: Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Migraine in Medical Students at BandarAbbas, Southern Iran, in 2012.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Migraine is one of the most common etiologies for headache. This very common neurological disorder has a significant impact on patients' quality of life. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the prevalence of migraine among medical students in the Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 350 medical students were enrolled in our descriptive study. Data were collected using the standard questionnaire of the International Headache Association. The data were analyzed by SPSS 20.0 software using descriptive statistics, Chi-Square, and Independent Samples T-Test. A P-value of ≥0.05 was considered statistically significant, since most public health professionals use this value as a standard.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the medical students in our study, 24.6% had experienced frequent, severe headaches. The underlying causes of the headaches were diagnosed in 19.8% of the students. The prevalence of migraine in our study was 16.3% (mean age=21.28±2.71years). The prevalence varied by gender, and it was greater among male students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings indicated that there was a high prevalence of migraine among the medical students in our study, and these findings were consistent with those of previous studies in Iran and other countries.
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine of Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran. ; Research Center for Behavioral and Neurosciences of Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yazdanparast
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Neurology Department, Neurologist. Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali Asghar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abrishamizadeh
authors.affiliation: General Physician, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS), Iran. ; Payam Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahboobi
authors.affiliation: Resident of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery (UK) & UCL, Belgium.
authors.forename: Aria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omrani
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine of Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahsa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghasemi
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine of Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran.
authors.forename: Monir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghorashi
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine of Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran.
authors.forename: Milad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zahed
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine of Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran.
authors.forename: Abbass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine of Hormozgan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Bandarabbass, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Karimi
keywords: Headache; Medical students; Migraine