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Volume 18, Issue 10

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Original Contribution

General Population Awareness Regarding Colorectal Cancer and its Determinants in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia
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Shehata Farag Shehata, Mohammed Saeed Alqahtani, Nawaf Ahmad Yahya, Abdullah Ali Aseeri, Mohammed Ali Alotaif, Abdulaziz Ali Abdullah
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93868

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of school teachers regarding acute complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Abha city, southwestern Saudi Arabia
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Razan S. Al Humayed
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93869

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Type 2 Diabetic patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Karachi
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Kanza Baig, Tafazzul Hyder Zaidi, Kiran Mehtab, Marium Farid, Shajeeya Khaliq, Wajiha Mukhtar, Shiza Tariq, Fozia Zaidi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93870

Prevalence and predictors of depression among medical students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
[Abstract]
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Yousria Badawy, Areej Alsaggaf, Amani Bardi, Omnia Alganmi , Turki Alshehri
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93871

Population and Community studies

Assessment of knowledge and practice of mothers regarding breastfeeding and contraception in the postpartum period in primary care centers, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Aida AlDughaither, Hadeel AlMutairi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93873

Family History of Cancer, Trend of Genetic Counselling and Screening in Karachi: A Survey among Students of Jinnah Sindh Medical University
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Nazish Jaffar, Syeda Ghadeer Zehra Naqvi, Rohma Momna, Maria Raza, Aliza Babar, Aliya Jafri
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93874

Prevalence of primary headache among King Khalid University students in 2019
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Shehata Farag Shehata, Adnan Q. Al-Malki, Abdulrahman J. Alqahtani, Anas Ali Abo Tamraa, Ahmed Hussain Almutlaq, Ali Saad Alshamrani, Abdulelah Eed Alotaibi, Khalid Mohammed Alotaibi, Khalid Hussein Almutairi, Sultan Ali Alqahtani
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93875

Perceptions of parents regarding polio vaccination in Karachi
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Hareem Arshad, Tafazzul Hyder Zaidi, Kiran Mehtab, Jibraeel Khan Durrani, Amna Anam, Ruqqiya Wahid, Aiman Nisar, Aroosa Hussain, Alia Mehboob, Shujaat Husain, Nadia Rubab Zaidi, Fozia Zaidi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93876

Awareness and Pattern of Utilizing Family Planning Methods in Married Women of Duwakot, Nepal
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Raut Binod, Kharel Sushil
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93877

'A positive thing by mentioning it':
a qualitative study of experiences of brief physical health interventions for individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness in primary care
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Hassan Awan, Mohsin Allah Ditta, Mick McKeown, Karen Whittaker
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93878

Difficulties facing family physicians in primary health care centers in Abha City, Saudi Arabia
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Hatim Mohammed Ali Alsharafi, Bassam Mousa Khalawy Mokali
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93879

Remote consultations; what you need to know
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Rubena Ali Malik, Philip Sadler
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93880

Bridging The Gap: A review of communication skills challenges for expatriate doctors in the Arabian Gulf
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Asif Parvez Malik, Ameer Muhammad Khan
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.9381

Review

Recognising depression in elderly patients in general practice
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Mohammed Ansary
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93882

Case Report

CADASIL (Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy) in a young adult with migraine
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Mohammed Ansary
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93883


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October 2020 - Volume 18, Issue 10

Prevalence of primary headache among King Khalid University students in 2019

Shehata Farag Shehata (1,2)
Adnan Q. Al-Malki (3)
Abdulrahman J. Alqahtani (3)
Anas Ali Abo Tamraa (3)
Ahmed Hussain Almutlaq (3)
Ali Saad Alshamrani (3)
Abdulelah Eed Alotaibi (3)
Khalid Mohammed Alotaibi (3)
Khalid Hussein Almutairi (3)
Sultan Ali Alqahtani (3)

(1) Assistant Professor of community medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid University,
(2) Lecturer of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University,
(3) College of Medicine, King Khalid University

Corresponding author:
Shehata Farag Shehata
Assistant professor of community medicine, Faculty of medicine, King Khalid University
Lecturer of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University
Tel: +966532711294
Email: shehatafarag@yahoo.com

Received: August 2020; Accepted:September 2020; Published: October 1, 2020. Citation: Shehata Farag Shehata et al. Prevalence of primary headache among King Khalid University students in 2019. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(10): 62-70 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93875

Abstract

Background: Headache is one of the most common complaints among medical students more than the general population, as a result of multiple physical and psychosocial stressors. Also the degree of headache severity has a great impact on quality of life, psychological behavior, academic performance and work. The pathophysiology of the primary headache is not clear, but several hypotheses suggest that neurovascular disorders can result in migraine and cluster headache; overactivity of pericrania or cervical muscles result in tension type headache.

Aim: to assess prevalence of primary headache among King Khalid University students in 2019.

Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional approach was used targeting all accessible student population in Aseer region, southern Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from participants using electronic pre-structured questionnaire. The questionnaire data included student’s socio-demographic data such as age, gender, faculty nature (medical, non-medical), and family history as well as , causes and risk factors of different types of headache among students, and co-morbidities. Headache data including duration, complaint, type of headache, medical intervention and outcome.

Results: The study included 421 students whose ages ranged from 18 to 30 years with mean age of 21.7 ± 1.9 years old. Males were 71.5% of the sample and 56.3% were from medical colleges. Generalized headache pain was the most recorded (45%) followed by migraine (31.2%) while frontal headache was recorded among 21% of the students. Headache started suddenly in 29.6% of the attacks and it was more in the evening and night times (63.8%). The most recorded Prodroma signs were blurred vision (37.8%) followed by drowsiness (24.6%) while no Prodroma was recorded among 44.2% of the students.

Conclusions: In conclusion, more than three quarters of the students complained of moderate to severe headache attacks which were mainly related to sleeping disturbance, studying hours, and stressful lifestyle. Students should be taught strategies for stress management training for headache.

Key words: headache, primary, students, university, prevalence, risk factors

 







 


 
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