PMID- 25632394
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151005
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 2314-6141 (Electronic)
IS  - 2314-6133 (Print)
VI  - 2015
DP  - 2015
TI  - Quality of life and migraine disability among female migraine patients in a 
      tertiary hospital in Malaysia.
PG  - 523717
LID - 10.1155/2015/523717 [doi]
LID - 523717
AB  - BACKGROUND: Disability caused by migraine may be one of the main causes of burden 
      contributing to poor quality of life (QOL) among migraine patients. Thus, this 
      study aimed to measure QOL among migraine sufferers in comparison with healthy 
      controls. METHODS: Female diagnosed migraine patients (n= 100) and healthy 
      controls (n=100) completed the Malay version of the World Health Organization QOL 
      Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. Only migraine patients completed the Malay 
      version of the Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire. RESULTS: Females 
      with migraines had significantly lower total WHOQOL-BREF scores (84.3) than did 
      healthy controls (91.9, P<0.001). Similarly, physical health (23.4 versus 27.7, 
      P<0.001) and psychological health scores (21.7 versus 23.2, P< 0.001) were 
      significantly lower than those for healthy controls. Seventy-three percent of 
      patients experienced severe disability, with significantly higher number of days 
      with headaches (13.8 days/3 months, P< 0.001) and pain scores (7.4, P< 0.013). 
      Furthermore, migraine patients with lower total QOL scores had 1.2 times higher 
      odds of having disability than patients with higher total QOL scores. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that migraine sufferers experienced 
      significantly lower QOL than the control group from a similar population. 
      Disability was severe and frequent and was associated with lower QOL among the 
      migraine patients.
FAU - Shaik, Munvar Miya
AU  - Shaik MM
AD  - Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 
      Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
FAU - Hassan, Norul Badriah
AU  - Hassan NB
AD  - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains 
      Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
FAU - Tan, Huay Lin
AU  - Tan HL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6670-2668
AD  - Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 
      Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
FAU - Gan, Siew Hua
AU  - Gan SH
AD  - Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 
      Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150108
PL  - United States
TA  - Biomed Res Int
JT  - BioMed research international
JID - 101600173
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Demography
MH  - *Disability Evaluation
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Malaysia/epidemiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Migraine Disorders/*epidemiology
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Tertiary Care Centers/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - World Health Organization
PMC - PMC4302372
EDAT- 2015/01/30 06:00
MHDA- 2015/10/06 06:00
PMCR- 2015/01/08
CRDT- 2015/01/30 06:00
PHST- 2014/09/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/12/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/01/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/10/06 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/01/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2015/523717 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:523717. doi: 10.1155/2015/523717. Epub 2015 Jan 8.