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identification of triggering factors of migraine

saniya jose

Abstract


Headache disorders, especially the primary types, are considered as major global health problems due to their high prevalence, their almost life-long duration and their substantial disability burden upon the patients 1. The most common primary headaches are tension-type headache and migraine. Migraine headaches may take place due to various triggering factors. One or more triggering factors can be detected in a migraine patient. The important triggers are stress, weather changes, fatigue, food and beverages, sleeplessness, hunger, and menstruation. The objective of the study was to identify the triggering factors of migraine among patients. Descriptive design was selected for this study. A sample of 200 patients with migraine attending the Neurology outpatient department of St. Johns medical college Bangalore was taken using purposive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to identify the triggering factors of migraine. The result shows that the commonest triggering factors of migraine were stress (81%), disturbed sleep (71.5%), loud noise (69.5%) and sunlight(64.5%).The 74.7% of women reported of passive smoking as a major triggering factor for their migraine .
Key words
Migraine, triggering factors, passive smoking

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijnspr.v2i2.187

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