ResearcherID - CLICK HERE Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF-2020) - CLICK HERE

A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH TO ASSESS THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG MIGRAINE PATIENTS WITH REFERENCE TO GENDER AND AGE

1Ms. Eisha Waqar, 2Dr. Muhammad Uzair, 3Dr Aftab Iqbal Syal

Objective: This study was aimed to determine the anxiety and depression prevalence among the patients of migraine. Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional research at the Department of Psychiatry of Mayo Hospital, Lahore from July 2017 to July 2018 (One Year). Research sample consisted male and female patients who were diagnosed with headache and migraine. The diagnosis purely based on the criteria laid by HIS (International Headache Society). Relevant and necessary examination was also conducted on requirement basis. We also applied the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale on the short-listed patients. Research outcomes were saved in the designated format and researcher also analyzed the outcomes on SPSS software. Results: In the total research sample there were 37 males and 65 females with respective proportion of 36.2% and 63.8%. The minimum age limit of the migraine patients was eleven years; whereas, maximum age was seventy-one years. Majority of the cases were in the age bracket of (21 – 51) years (76%). A total of 58 patients had psychiatric morbidity (56.8%) with an anxiety and depression score of (11 – 21). Therefore, we did not recommend 44 patients (42.91%) for psychiatric management. In the total of 58 positive cases male and female were respectively 23 and 35. Whereas, 25 patients had anxiety (43%), 18 had depression (31%) and 15 had both (27%). Eighty percent of the patients were in the age bracket of (21 – 50) years. Conclusion: Undoubtedly, there is a strong association of anxiety and depression with Migraine. Whereas, gender and age may affect the overall prevalence of the correlation between both onsets. Keywords: Migraine, Anxiety, Depression and HADS.

FULL TEXT