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Alkarrash MS, Shashaa MN, Kitaz MN, et al. Migraine and tension-type headache among undergraduate medical, dental and pharmaceutical students of University of Aleppo: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Neurol Open. 2021;3(2):e000211doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2021-000211.
Alkarrash, M. S., Shashaa, M. N., Kitaz, M. N., Rhayim, R., Alhasan, M. M., Alassadi, M., Aldakhil, A., Alkhamis, M., Ajam, M., Douba, M., Banjah, B., Ismail, A., Zazo, A., Zazo, R., Abdulwahab, M., Alkhamis, A., Arab, A., Alameen, M. H., & Farfouti, M. T. (2021). Migraine and tension-type headache among undergraduate medical, dental and pharmaceutical students of University of Aleppo: a cross-sectional study. BMJ neurology open, 3(2), e000211. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2021-000211
Alkarrash, Mohamad Shadi, et al. "Migraine and tension-type headache among undergraduate medical, dental and pharmaceutical students of University of Aleppo: a cross-sectional study." BMJ neurology open vol. 3,2 (2021): e000211. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2021-000211
Alkarrash MS, Shashaa MN, Kitaz MN, Rhayim R, Alhasan MM, Alassadi M, Aldakhil A, Alkhamis M, Ajam M, Douba M, Banjah B, Ismail A, Zazo A, Zazo R, Abdulwahab M, Alkhamis A, Arab A, Alameen MH, Farfouti MT. Migraine and tension-type headache among undergraduate medical, dental and pharmaceutical students of University of Aleppo: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Neurol Open. 2021 Oct 13;3(2):e000211. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2021-000211. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34712954; PMCID: PMC8515458.
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BMJ Neurol Open. 2021 Oct 13;3(2):e000211. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2021-000211. eCollection 2021.

Migraine and tension-type headache among undergraduate medical, dental and pharmaceutical students of University of Aleppo: a cross-sectional study.

BMJ neurology open

Mohamad Shadi Alkarrash, Mohammad Nour Shashaa, Mohammad Nour Kitaz, Roaa Rhayim, Mahmoud Mohamad Alhasan, Maya Alassadi, Ahmad Aldakhil, Mohamad Alkhamis, Mohanad Ajam, Mohamad Douba, Bashar Banjah, Ahmad Ismail, Aya Zazo, Rama Zazo, Majd Abdulwahab, Ali Alkhamis, Abdullah Arab, Mohammad Homam Alameen, Mohamed Taher Farfouti

Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic.
  2. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic.
  3. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic.
  4. Department of Neurology, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic.

PMID: 34712954 PMCID: PMC8515458 DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2021-000211

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Headache disorders are among the most common 10 causes of disability worldwide according to the global burden of disease survey 2010. Headache is also wildly common among universities students when compared with other populations. The purpose of this study is to assess headache prevalence among Aleppo University medical, dental and pharmaceutical undergraduate students.

METHODS: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted among medical, dental and pharmaceutical students at Aleppo University, Syria. We determined the type of headache according to the International Classification of Headache Disorder-III. The total number of participants was 2068. A χ

RESULTS: Out of 2068 participants, 1604 (77.6%) were medical students, 205 (9.9%) were dental students and 259 (12.5%) were pharmaceutical students. The effect on daily activities was higher in chronic tension headache (96.7%) and migraine without aura (94.6%) than migraine with aura (91.3) and episodic tension headache (85.1%). Out of 1191 who had a headache, only 188 (15.9%) had a medical consultation.

CONCLUSIONS: There was no a statistically significant difference in prevalence of tension headache and migraine according to faculties. There was a statistically significant difference in patients with migraine according to academic year, living with family and smoking. The effect on daily activities was higher in chronic tension-type headache and migraine without aura. There is a significant lack of medical consultation among students and most of them took over the counter analgesics depending on personal choice.

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Keywords: headache; migraine

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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