Headache among medical and psychology students

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

João Eliezer Ferri-de-barros²  Mauricio José De Alencar¹  Luis Felipe Berchielli¹  Luis Carlos Castelhano Junior¹ 

[1] ,Taubaté University Department of Medicine and Psychology Taubaté SP ,Brazil

关键词: headaches;    migraine;    tension-type headache;    medical students;    psychology students;    sociocentric education;    cefaléias;    enxaqueca;    cefaléia tensional;    estudantes de medicina;    estudantes de psicologia;    educação sociocêntrica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2011000400018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Headaches occur frequently and thus are a key component of sociocentric medical education. OBJECTIVE: To study headaches among students of medicine and psychology in a single university. METHOD: This was a questionnaire-based survey of a cohort of students of medicine and psychology. RESULTS: The overall lifetime prevalence of headache was 98% and over the last year, 91%. Tensional headache accounted for 59% and migraine 22% in medicine; and 48.5% and 32% respectively in psychology. Forty-five percent reported that headaches had a variable sporadic impact on their productivity. The self-medication rate was 77%. Thirty-six percent reported worsening since admission to the university. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of headaches was very high. Tension-type headaches predominated in males and migraine in females. Tension-type was more frequent among medical students than among psychology students; migraine was more frequent in psychology (more females) than in medicine. Both kinds of students reported that headaches caused low interference with daily activities. The students reported that their symptoms had worsened since admission to the university.

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