Open AccessPrevalence of migraine and non-migraine headache and its relation with other diseases in the adults of Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Alqarni,
Khalid A. Fayi,
Mohammad Nassir Al-Sharif,
Aesha Farheen Siddiqui,
Adel Alhazzani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_962_19
Subject(s) - migraine , medicine , headaches , epidemiology , depression (economics) , population , pediatrics , disease , cross sectional study , psychiatry , environmental health , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Headache is a common yet neglected health problem. There is a lack of information about its distribution, disease characteristics and associated co morbidities in Aseer region of KSA. This study aims to estimate the migraine and headache prevalence, its epidemiological and disease characteristics and relation with other co morbid conditions among general population of Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.