Impact of Chronic Headache( Migraine) onDaily Activity of Adult Patients in Baghdad City | ||
| kufa Journal for Nursing sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 3, December 2014, Pages 131-140 | ||
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| Abstract | ||
| Objectives: The study aimstoassess the impact of(migraine) on the daily activityof patients withmigraineatprimary health care centersin Baghdad city,and to findout the relationship between their demographic characteristicswhich as age, sex, occupation, family history . Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted to assess the impact of (migraine) on the daily activity of adultpatients in primary health care centers in Baghdad city. The study was conducted from 1st September, 2012 to March18th, 2013.The study sample included 100patients were collected from four centers of primary health care in Baghdad city. The data was collected through the use of constructed questionnaire, which consists of two parts. Part I : deals the socio-demographic characteristics which as 6 items: gender, age, marital status, occupation , using of drugs and duration of headache attack.Part II: quality of life questionnaire assessment tool was used to measure the extent to which chronic headache are affecting the ability to function. Results:The results showedthat more thanhalf of thosestudymales(60%), while theiragefor more thanone-third ofthe samplerangedfrom20-30years (38%).More thanhalf of themaremarried (58%).Thestudy also showed thatnearly half ofthe study samplewasemployed(56%), while theuse ofthe vast majority ofthe study sampleuse medications (90%). Conclusions: Most of the affected by headache were males,greatest of clients who suffer from chronic headache was using medications. Majority of the patients have headache attack lasted less than one day. Recommendations:The study recommendedthe needto conductregular monitoring ofchronicheadachein order tohelpto reducethe problems andcomplicationsthat can ariseas a result ofa headache, andthere will be aneedto theimplementation ofeducational programsfor the diagnosis ofheadachesand how totreat. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Migraine; Daily Activity; Adult Patients | ||
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