The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Migraine Among the Selected High School Students

Migraine is one of the most common aetiologies for headache. This very common neurological disorder has a significant impact on patients' quality of life. Communitybased epidemiological studies are scarce in India and other developing countries. As India is multi-ethnic, it is essential to determine the prevalence of headache and its subtypes in other regions also. Information about headache disorders is insufficient and variable, although migraine was identified to be more common in the rural population.. To assess the prevalence of migraine among the students of selected high school. 2. To assess the risk factors of migraine among the students of selected high school. 3. To associate the prevalence and risk factors of migraine among the students of selected high school with a selected demographic variable. Quantitative Research Approach. Descriptive Research Design. The study was conducted at School of Scholars, Sawangi (M) Wardha; Alphonsa Sr. High School, Sawangi (M) Wardha and Model High School, Salod, Wardha. Population- High School students. Non-Probability Sampling Technique. 314. The study shows that the Prevalence of migraine was 10.83%. Mean migraine score was 2.27 +/- 1.81 which is higher than the level of significance. While dealing with the distribution of subjects with their demographic variables, the prevalence of migraine is statistically associated with the father's educational status (p=0.006), family history of migraine (p=0.001) and gender (p=0.026). In this study the findings of the study shows that there is no significant association of risk factors of migraine with the demographic variables like age, class, family income, type of family, residence and mother's educational qualification; but there is a significant relationship with the gender, father's educational qualification and family history of migraine.