Razširjenost migrene in ponavljajočih se glavobolov pri slovenskih študentih
Prevalence of migraine and recurrent headaches in Slovene students

slovenian

2001

volume 40, issue 1

Migraine    Epidemiology    Psychology    student    Headache    Students    Adult 

Društvo Medicinski razgledi
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The purpose of the research was to determine the prevalence of migraine and recurrent headaches in students. Five hundred ninety-five students of University of Ljubljana and University of Maribor with an average age of 19,7 years and standard deviation of 1,70 filled in the UCSD Migraine Questionnairebased on the International Headache Society diagnostic criteria for migraine. The completion of the' questionnaire took place in groups in faculties. The prevalence of migraine is 8,1%, 2,9% in men and 10,2% in women.The prevalence of migrainous disorder is 8,7%, 6,9% in men and 9,5% in women. 19,3% of subjects (13,9% male and 21,6% female) suffers from recurrent non-migrainous headaches. In all the cases except in migrainous disorder the prevalence is significantly higher in women. Only 21,7% of subject that fulfilall the criteria for migraine and 13,5% of subjects that fulfil the criteria for migrainous disorder think that they have migraine. Although the results of the study cannot be generalised to the population due to incompleterepresentativeness, the study supports the fact that headache and migraine constitute an important contemporary health problem that needs more attention. A high prevalence of migraine and other recurrent headaches in students and ignorance of the nature of one's own disorder dictate the need for preventive and educational programmes.

26.06.2015