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Migraine and Tension-Type Headache in Medical Students: A Questionnaire Study

The purpose of our study was to perform an epidemiological study of migraine and tension-type headache in medical students at University of Zagreb Medical School and to determine whteher there are differences in prevalence, trigger factors, health care utilization and self-medication between sixth year and first year MS. This study included 314 students who answered a questionnaire from October to November 2003. The prevalence of migraine was 8.86% in first year students and 10.90% in sixth year students while the prevalence of TTH was 60.13% and 57.69% respectively. Female students suffered from migraines significantly more often than male students (p=0.017). Female students with migraine linked their headaches to their menstrual cycle significantly more often than female students with TTH (p=0.011). Significantly more first year students have visited a doctor concerning their headaches than sixth-year students. Also there is a significantly higher level of self-medication amongst sixth year students. Our study has shown that a relatively large percent of MS suffers from TTH ; a low percent is seeking medical advice for headaches, the majority is self-medicated, and an unacceptably low percentage is taking triptans for migraine.

headache; medical students; migraine; tension-type headache; questionnaire study

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