Frequency of migraine and disability generated in medical students at a private university in Lima, Peru

• Autores: Vilchez-Villarreal, Nicole, Oyola-Feijóo, Almendra, Romani-Romani, Franco, Del-Carmen-Sara, José Carlos
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/4462
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RNP/article/view/4462
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Migraña sin aura; migraña con aura; trastornos migrañosos; prevalencia; estudiantes de medicina; evaluación de la discapacidad; rendimiento

Objective: To estimate the frequency of migraine, associated factors and disability generated                  (including its relationship with academic performance) in medical students at a private university in Metropolitan Lima. Methods: Cross-sectional study in a non-probabilistic convenience sample using the online application of the ALCOI-95 self-questionnaire, to assess the presence of migraine, followed by the MIDAS questionnaire to measure disability in those positive to the first questionnaire. . Results: Fourty-five (21.6%) of 208 students experienced migraine (12.5% with aura and 9.1% without aura), 14 (33.3%) of whom showed severe, and 12 (28.6%) moderate disability. Migraine with aura carriers had a lower mean than the cumulative weighted average of their academic scores. Independent factors associated with migraine were to have a nuclear family member with migraine, and sleep-maintenance problems. Conclusion: Two out of 10 students had migraine, and one third of them had severe disability.