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Quality of Life and Migraine Disability among Female Migraine Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
Joint Authors
Tan, Huay Lin
Hassan, Norul Badriah
Shaik, Munvar Miya
Gan, Siew Hua
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Disability caused by migraine may be one of the main causes of burden contributing to poor quality of life (QOL) among migraine patients.
Thus, this study aimed to measure QOL among migraine sufferers in comparison with healthy controls.
Methods.
Female diagnosed migraine patients (n= 100) and healthy controls (n=100) completed the Malay version of the World Health Organization QOL Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire.
Only migraine patients completed the Malay version of the Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire.
Results.
Females with migraines had significantly lower total WHOQOL-BREF scores (84.3) than did healthy controls (91.9, P<0.001).
Similarly, physical health (23.4 versus 27.7, P<0.001) and psychological health scores (21.7 versus 23.2, P< 0.001) were significantly lower than those for healthy controls.
Seventy-three percent of patients experienced severe disability, with significantly higher number of days with headaches (13.8 days/3 months, P< 0.001) and pain scores (7.4, P< 0.013).
Furthermore, migraine patients with lower total QOL scores had 1.2 times higher odds of having disability than patients with higher total QOL scores.
Conclusions.
The present study showed that migraine sufferers experienced significantly lower QOL than the control group from a similar population.
Disability was severe and frequent and was associated with lower QOL among the migraine patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shaik, Munvar Miya& Hassan, Norul Badriah& Tan, Huay Lin& Gan, Siew Hua. 2015. Quality of Life and Migraine Disability among Female Migraine Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055811
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shaik, Munvar Miya…[et al.]. Quality of Life and Migraine Disability among Female Migraine Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055811
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shaik, Munvar Miya& Hassan, Norul Badriah& Tan, Huay Lin& Gan, Siew Hua. Quality of Life and Migraine Disability among Female Migraine Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055811
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055811