BACKGROUND: Headache disorders are common and burdensome throughout the world, placing high demand on health care services. Good information on their prevalence and distribution through sectors of the population are a prerequisite for planning interventions and organizing services, but unavailable for India. OBJECTIVES: To find out the prevalence of headache disorders in Karnataka State and establish important sociodemographic associations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using a door to door survey technique, amongst 2997 households, 2329 individuals were interviewed with a validated structured questionnaire by randomly sampling one adult member (aged 18-65 years) from eligible households in urban (n = 1226) and rural (n = 1103) areas of Bangalore, during the period April 2009 and January 2010. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Chi-square, odds ratio (OR), and logistic regression. RESULTS: The 1-year prevalence of headache was 63.9% (62.0% when adjusted for age, gender and habitation) and 1-day prevalence (headache on the day prior to the survey) was 5.9%. Prevalence was higher in the age groups of 18-45 years, among females (OR = 2.3; 95% confidence interval: 1.9-2.7) and those in rural areas. Prevalence was higher in rural (71.2 [68.4-73.8]) than in urban areas (57.3 [54.5-60.1]) even after adjusting for gender. The proportion of days lost to headache from paid work was 1.1%, while overall productivity loss (from both paid and household work) was 2.8%. CONCLUSIONS: Headache disorders are a major health problem in India with significant burden. It requires systematic efforts to organize effective services to be able to reach a large number of people in urban and rural India. Education of physicians and other health-care workers, and the public should be a pillar of such efforts.
BACKGROUND:Headache disorders are common and burdensome throughout the world, placing high demand on health care services. Good information on their prevalence and distribution through sectors of the population are a prerequisite for planning interventions and organizing services, but unavailable for India. OBJECTIVES: To find out the prevalence of headache disorders in Karnataka State and establish important sociodemographic associations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using a door to door survey technique, amongst 2997 households, 2329 individuals were interviewed with a validated structured questionnaire by randomly sampling one adult member (aged 18-65 years) from eligible households in urban (n = 1226) and rural (n = 1103) areas of Bangalore, during the period April 2009 and January 2010. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Chi-square, odds ratio (OR), and logistic regression. RESULTS: The 1-year prevalence of headache was 63.9% (62.0% when adjusted for age, gender and habitation) and 1-day prevalence (headache on the day prior to the survey) was 5.9%. Prevalence was higher in the age groups of 18-45 years, among females (OR = 2.3; 95% confidence interval: 1.9-2.7) and those in rural areas. Prevalence was higher in rural (71.2 [68.4-73.8]) than in urban areas (57.3 [54.5-60.1]) even after adjusting for gender. The proportion of days lost to headache from paid work was 1.1%, while overall productivity loss (from both paid and household work) was 2.8%. CONCLUSIONS:Headache disorders are a major health problem in India with significant burden. It requires systematic efforts to organize effective services to be able to reach a large number of people in urban and rural India. Education of physicians and other health-care workers, and the public should be a pillar of such efforts.
Authors: Lars Jacob Stovner; Mohammed Al Jumah; Gretchen L Birbeck; Gopalakrishna Gururaj; Rigmor Jensen; Zaza Katsarava; Luiz Paulo Queiroz; Ann I Scher; Redda Tekle-Haimanot; Shuu-Jiun Wang; Timothy J Steiner Journal: J Headache Pain Date: 2014-01-27 Impact factor: 7.277
Authors: Ali Hassan A Ali; Sameer Al-Ghamdi; Mohammed H Karrar; Saud A Alajmi; Osama S Almutairi; Ahmed M Aldalbahi; Yazeed M Alotaibi; Sattam A Alruwaili; Abubaker Y Elamin Journal: J Family Med Prim Care Date: 2018 Mar-Apr
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