Abstract
INTRODUCTION: migraine is a chronic neurological entity. MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment Scale) scale allows to measure disability in people suffering from migraine.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: by means of a cross-section study, we assessed the disability level in migraine patients in relation to demographic variables, severity and frequency of headaches. We studied 129 patients with migraine according to IHS criteria since September 2007 to march 2008 by using MIDAS questionnaire.
RESULTS: 86.8 per cent of patients were female from urban area (98.4 per cent). With regard to socioeconomic origin 93.8 per cent belonged to levels one, two and three. The rate of migraine without aura / migraine with with aura was equivalent (51.9 per cent vs 48.1 per cent).
Disability rate was calculated in similar percentages (31,30.2 y 30.2) for the mild, moderate and severe ranks in all the groups. The rank very severe was found only in 8.5 per cent of the population studied especially in elderly people. 37.5 per cent of all patients had preventive treatment with a good compliance in 89.9 per cent of cases..
CONCLUSION: our findings show few days of disability related to migraine compared with other studies. This phenomenon could be related to the socio economical status of the population studied.
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