Clinical profile and functional disability of patients with migraine.
BACKGROUND
Migraine is a common disabling primary headache disorder. Globally, migraine was ranked as the seventh highest cause of disability.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of the study was to explore the clinical profile and functional disability of patients with migraine.


METHODS
A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the neurology outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka.


METHODS
Using a consecutive sampling technique, 60 patients were recruited for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.


RESULTS
Majority of the participants were in the age group of 18-40 years with a mean age 35.22 years. There was a female preponderance with 70% of study participants being females. The various symptoms experienced by patients include throbbing pain (90%), photophobia (93.3%), phonophobia (85%), nausea (76.7%), and vomiting (41.7%). Most of the subjects (73.3%) under the study belonged to moderate to severe levels of functional disability. About 53.3% of patients were in the category of episodic migraine and 46.7% were in the category of chronic migraine.


CONCLUSIONS
Migraine is associated with moderate to severe functional disability. Frequency of migraine has a positive correlation with the levels of disability/migraine disability assessment scores of migraineurs.
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Vishnu
V
Renjith
Department of Child Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Mamatha Shivananda
MS
Pai
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Flavia
F
Castelino
Department of Neurology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Aparna
A
Pai
Department of Child Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Anice
A
George
Clinical profile; disability; headache; migraine; migraine disability assessment; migraineur