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World J Methodol. Sep 20, 2022; 12(5): 414-427
Published online Sep 20, 2022. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v12.i5.414
Published online Sep 20, 2022. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v12.i5.414
Table 1 General characteristics and responses of all subjects
| Characteristics | Results (N = 175), n (%) |
| Gender | Females: 88 (50.3) |
| Males: 87 (49.7) | |
| Age (yr) | Mean: 25.7 ± 4.1 |
| Grade | Medical student: 39 (22.3) |
| House officers: 74 (42.3) | |
| Non-trainee medical officers: 17 (9.7) | |
| Trainee medical officer: 38 (21.7) | |
| Senior registrar: 4 (2.3) | |
| Assist professor: 2 (1.1) | |
| Professor: 1 (0.6) | |
| Specialty of doctors | Medicine & allied: 98 (56) |
| Surgery & allied: 51 (29.1) | |
| Others: 9 (5.1) | |
| Not answered: 17 (9.7) | |
| Do you have migraine? | Yes: 22 (12.6) |
| No: 109 (62.3) | |
| Maybe: 44 (25.1) | |
| Confirmed migraine after reading the ICHD-3 criteria of all 3 types of migraine | Migraine without aura: 36 (20.6) |
| Migraine with aura: 9 (5.1) | |
| Chronic migraine: 3 (1.7) | |
| No migraine: 127 (72.6) | |
| Consulted any physician | GP: 19 (10.8) |
| Medical specialist: 22 (12.6) | |
| Neurologist: 10 (5.7) | |
| Ophthalmologist: 19 (10.8) | |
| Other: 9 (5.1) | |
| No consultation: 110 (62.8) | |
| Physician able to diagnose migraine | Yes: 45 (25.7) |
| No: 9 (5.1) | |
| Maybe: 9 (5.1) | |
| Never consulted: 112 (64) | |
| Knowledge of diagnostic criteria of migraine | Heard and remember it: 66 (37.7) |
| Heard about it but don't remember: 85 (48.6) | |
| Never heard about it: 24 (13.7) | |
| Knowledge of prophylaxis of migraine | I know its indications: 59 (33.7) |
| I knew its indications but don't remember: 70 (40) | |
| Know only that it exists: 26 (14.8) | |
| Don't know about it at all: 20 (11.4) | |
| Aura is essential for migraine? | Yes: 66 (37.7) |
| No: 83 (46.8) | |
| Not sure: 26 (14.7) | |
| Duration of standard prophylactic therapy of migraine? | Do not know: 100 (57.1) |
| 1 mo: 10 (5.7) | |
| 3 mo: 27 (15.4) | |
| 6 mo1: 24 (13.7) | |
| 12 mo: 14 (8) | |
| Monthly headache rate for prophylaxis | ≥ 2 per mo: 64 (36.6) |
| ≥ 3 per mo: 52 (29.7) | |
| ≥ 4 per mo1: 43 (24.6) | |
| ≥ 5 per mo: 15 (8.6) | |
| Not available: 1 (0.6) | |
| Used abortive (migraine patients only) | Yes: 12 (25) |
| No: 34 (70.8) | |
| Maybe: 2 (4.2) | |
| Used prophylactic therapy (migraine patients only) | Yes: 9 (18.7) |
| No: 38 (79.2) | |
| Not sure: 1 (2.1) |
- Citation: Choudry H, Ata F, Naveed Alam MN, Ruqaiya R, Suheb MK, Ikram MQ, Chouhdry MM, Muaz M. Migraine in physicians and final year medical students: A cross-sectional insight into prevalence, self-awareness, and knowledge from Pakistan. World J Methodol 2022; 12(5): 414-427
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2222-0682/full/v12/i5/414.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5662/wjm.v12.i5.414