STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND DEMOGRAPHICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH HEADACHE AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Chronic Migraine, Chronic Tension Type Headache (CTTH), Episodic Tension Type Headache (ETTH), Cluster Headache, Trigeminal NeuralgiasAbstract
Background and Purpose
Headache is one of the commonest disorders presenting to the neurologists and causes significant morbidity. There is no
definitive data about the prevalence and clinical profile of various headache types from our hospital which is a tertiary care
referral centre for eastern India. The present study was conducted to study the etiological and clinical profile of various
headache types using the second edition of International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-2), and associated
triggers in a tertiary care referral centre.
Patients & Method
It’s a retrospective study. Two thousand and forty three patients presenting with chief complaints of headache or facial pain
to the Neurology Department and Department of Community Medicine at the National Capital Region Institute of Medical
Sciences, Meerut , India between July 2020 to June 2021were enrolled.
