Headache impact on migraine and non-migraine headaches

Pages: 536-538
Shivani (Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi)
Vinod K Sinha (Director Professor, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand)
Bharati Roy (Department of Psychology, Ranchi University, Ranchi)

A headache is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck; either both sides of head or be isolated to a particular area. Almost every mankind suffer from headaches at some point of their life and the impacts of headache can cause severe disturbance both for the sufferer and its care giver in the daily functioning. The aim of current study was to assess the impact of headache. Individuals with primary headache were divided into migraine (53) and non-migraine (53) and all the subjects were assessed on the headache impact test (HIT-6). No significant difference was found in the mean age and mean duration of illness between migraine and non-migraine. The scores on HIT were higher in migraine group (64.96 ± 4.544) than non-migraine (63.00 ± 4.739). Analyses reveals that headache does have severe impact on the physical functioning, work productivity and psychological well being. Individuals with migraine reported higher impact in comparison with non-migraine.