A Study of the Effect of Treatment On the Clinical Profile, Pain, and Disability in Migraine Patients Seen in a Tertiary Hospital
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Abstract
Geetha Kandasamy,1 Dalia Almaghaslah,1 Mona Almanasef,1 Tahani Musleh Almeleebia,1 Khalid Orayj,1 Ayesha Siddiqua,1 Eman Shorog,1 Asma M Alshahrani,1 Kousalya Prabahar,2 Vinoth Prabhu Veeramani,2 Palanisamy Amirthalingam,2 Saleh Alqifari,2 Naif Alshahrani,3 Aram Hamad AlSaedi,4 Alhanouf A Alsaab,5 Fatimah Aljohani,6 M Yasmin Begum,7 Akhtar Atiya8 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Pharmacy, Ad Diriyah Hospital, Ministry of Health (MOH), Riyadh, 13717, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 4College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al Madinah, Al Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia; 5Pharmacist at Abha International Private Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 6Pharmacist at Prince Sultan Armed Forces Hospital, Almadenah, Almonwarah, Saudi Arabia; 7Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 8Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Geetha Kandasamy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Email glakshmi@kku.edu.saBackground: Migraine is a disabling disease that poses a significant societal burden. Migraine is a major cause of disability. Migraine is the eighth leading disease-causing disability in the population.Objective: To study the clinical profile and measure the pain and migraine-related disability of patients with all types of migraine using the McGill pain assessment scale and Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) before and after 3 months of effect on the medication.Methods: A Prospective-Cross sectional study was carried out in a multispecialty hospital with male and female patients between 18 and 65 years. The data were collected from the patients directly through the questionnaire of McGill pain assessment scale-short form (SF) and MIDAS, which was provided before and after the medication. Results: There were 165 subjects of which 52 were men and 113 were women. The mean age of all the subjects was 43 years. About 26.06% of the subjects had a family history of headaches. The scores of McGill pain and MIDAS assessment before and after medication were as follows: 0– 15 were 30.90% and 73.33%, Score 16– 30 were 54.54% and 18.18%, the score of 31– 45 were 14.54% and 7.87% of the subjects. MIDAS grade I was 17.57% and 50.90%, Grade II 33.93% and 21.81%, Grade III 30.30% and 15.75% Grade IV 18.18% and 11.51% of the subjects.Discussion: The calculated “t” value between the before and after medication values of McGill and MIDAS by paired ‘t-test was 13.85 and 17.49 respectively. As the calculated “t” value is more than the table value, the alternate hypothesis is accepted.Conclusion: This study confirms that there is a significant difference in disability levels before and after acute and preventative treatments when measured over 3 months. In addition, the preponderance of females was high, and the functional disability that affects work and social activity associated with migraine is moderate to severe.Keywords: migraine, pain, disability, loss of productivity, MIDAS
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| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
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