Study of Socio-Demographic Profile and Psychiatric Morbidity among Chronic Headache Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Hospital - A Hospital Based Cross Sectional Study
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Headache is one of the most common human afflictions, which leads to seek medical advice. Chronic headaches markedly reduce the quality of life of the sufferers and affect all aspects of their lives. The present study aims to compare personality profile; sense of subjective well being is likely to throw light on the planning of effective intervention strategies to enable these individuals to lead a better life. To this purpose we have evaluated the psychosocial estimates of chronic headache and the impact of chronic headache on employment, social performance, and comfort. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in 54 patients visiting Princess Esra Hospital, a tertiary care hospital for the period of 3 months. All the patients were screened using a questionnaire for symptoms of chronic headache. Psychosocial analysis done by using M.I.N.I scale. It is a short structured diagnostic interview of choice for psychiatric evaluation and outcome tracking in clinical psychopharmacology trials and epidemiological studies statistical analysis done between the groups by performing chi-square test. The p value less than 0.05 was measured statistically important. Results: Majority of the patient population belongs to low socio-economic status 39 (72.2%) ; 77.8% (42) of the individuals were married; 57.4% (31) were diagnosed with major depressive disorder and 9.3% (4) with depression disorders and Melancholia, 27.8% (15), dysthymia and 61.1% (33) with suicidal ideas. 22.3% (12) were with panic disorder, 7.4% (4) with OCD, and 70.4% (38) with GAD. Conclusion: Majority of headache problems occurred in the age group between 20 to 40, mostly seen in married women female population. Headache sufferers are mostly with primary standard education with low Socio Economic Status. Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) are by far the predominant psychiatric morbidity in this population. Psychological evaluation should focus on personality characteristics, lifestyle, and life-situation factors that account for individual differences in headache susceptibilities.
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Saradhi Goud M
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