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Migraine prevalence, alexithymia, and post-traumatic stress disorder among medical students in Turkey.
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- Migraine Prevalence and Academic Impact on Medical Students at Alfaisal University.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Primary headaches prevalence, characteristics, and healthcare utilization in Italian medical students.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Migraines Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Post-traumatic stress symptoms experienced by healthcare workers in Lebanon four months following Beirut's ammonium nitrate explosion: a survey-based study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- Migraine Attacks and Relevant Trigger Factors in Undergraduate Nursing Students in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
- Determinants of migraine headache among regular undergraduate students, of Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia: cross-sectional study.BMC neurology · 2021Article
- Psychological Capital Mediating the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Alexithymia in Chinese Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2020Article
- Traumatic Experiences, Stressful Events, and Alexithymia in Chronic Migraine With Medication Overuse.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Migraine attacks among medical students in Soochow University, Southeast China: a cross-sectional study.Journal of pain research · 2018Article
- Migraine and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder among a cohort of pregnant women.The journal of headache and pain · 2017Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among adult prisoners in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2017Article
- Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Migraine and Co-Existing IBS-Migraine in Medical Students.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Breast cancer survivors suffer from persistent postmastectomy pain syndrome and posttraumatic stress disorder (ORTHUS study): a study of the palliative care working committee of the Turkish Oncology Group (TOG).Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
- Effects of Coriandrum sativum Syrup on Migraine: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2016Article
- Alexithymic characteristics in pediatric patients with primary headache: a comparison between migraine and tension-type headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
- Migraine among medical students in Kuwait University.The journal of headache and pain · 2014Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of migraine, alexithymia, and post-traumatic stress disorder among medical students at Cumhuriyet University of Sivas in Turkey. A total of 250 medical students participated in this study and answered the questionnaires. The study was conducted in three stages: the self-questionnaire, the neurological evaluation, and the psychiatric evaluation. In the first stage, the subjects completed a questionnaire to assess migraine symptoms and completed the three-item Identification of Migraine Questionnaire, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version Scale. The subjects who reported having a migraine underwent a detailed neurological evaluation conducted by a neurologist to confirm the diagnosis. In the final stage, the subjects with a migraine completed a psychiatric examination using the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV-R Axis I. The actual prevalence of migraine among these medical students was 12.6 %. The students with a migraine were diagnosed with alexithymia and post-traumatic stress disorder more frequently than those without migraine. The Migraine Disability Assessment Scale scores correlated with the post-traumatic stress disorder scores. The results of this study indicate that migraine was highly prevalent among medical students in Turkey and was associated with the alexithymic personality trait and comorbid psychiatric disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder. Treatment strategies must be developed to manage these comorbidities.
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