Fazal Jamil Chaudry, Syed Ahmad Ali Hassan, Nadir Zafar Khan.
Headache, the Patient Burden, Demographics and Disability as Experienced in Neurology OPD Clinic at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore.
Proceeding Shaikh Zayed Postgrad Med Comp Jan ;22(1):19-24.

This study has found high prevalence of the headache presentation in neurology clinic attendants, at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, with I 6.55 of patients presenting with complains of headaches. The prevalence is higher in female patients as compared with male patients. The most affected age group was between 2 1 to 30 yrs of age. Disability assessed using MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment Score) questionnaire was found to be as high as 48.7%.Headache is thus a common problem in the neurology outpatient clinic causing significant distress and disability: It is therefore important to provide the best available treatment and support to headache patients in ·order to minimize the impact of headaches disorder.

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