Clinical Profile, Severity and Impact of Migraine Headache among the Patients Presenting at Headache Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Background: Migraine headache is one of the commonest causes of primary headache. This study aims to reveal the clinical profile & severity of migraine headache in Bangladeshi people. Methods: Descriptive cross sectional observational study conducted in the Headache clinic Dhaka Medical college Hospital from December 2019 to March 2020. About 854 patients with headache were attended. Of that 234 patients were diagnosed as migraine according to ICHD-3 classification criteria. However, 75 patents were enrolled in this study by systematic sampling. Results: In this study migraine burden among the headache patients found to be about 25%. The mean age of the onset of the migraine headache was found to be 25.2±11.86 years, predominantly (68%) in 15-34 years age group. 36% of the patient with migraine had positive family history which is significantly higher in patients with migraine with aura (52% vs. 30%, p value <0.5).
