Prevalence of Migraine in a Rural Community in South                 Benin

Houinato, Dismand Stéphan; Adoukonou, Thierry; Ntsiba, F.; Adjien, Constant; Avode, Dossou Gilbert; Preux, Pierre‐Marie

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01894.x

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“…The peak decade of migraine (30‐39 years) is similar to previously documented population‐based reports . A study from Rural Benin showed a lifetime prevalence of migraine of 4.6% and 1.8% among people aged 20‐29 and 30 and above, findings that are less than that reported in this study. Migraine was more common among the unemployed, farmers, and students.…”

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Prevalence of Primary Headaches in an Urban Slum in Enugu South East Nigeria: A Door‐to‐Door Survey

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Headache is a common health problem in an urban slum in Enugu south east Nigeria where 66.7% of participants had experienced headache in their lifetime, and 49.4% had experienced primary headaches. The prevalence of migraine and TTH were 6.4% (5% in males and 7.5% in females) and 13.8% (12.2% in males and 15.1% in females), respectively. The peak ages of migraine and tension-type headache were 30-39 and 60-69 years, respectively. The prevalence of primary headaches was significantly higher among subjects who used alcohol significantly.

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Prevalence of Primary Headaches in an Urban Slum in Enugu South East Nigeria: A Door‐to‐Door Survey

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“…TTH was the most prevalent headache in Ethiopia, but only by a small margin, and not so in Zambia [17]; we speculate that this may have been due to cultural under-reporting of infrequent episodic TTH in both countries. These findings confirm that, contrary to earlier estimates from Benin [12], Tanzania [8, 11, 13] and, indeed, Ethiopia [7, 27]), primary headache is at least as common in SSA as in the rest of the world [16]. In Zambia, TTH was less common among the university-educated (OR: 0.22) but migraine was more prevalent (OR: 2.1) [17].…”

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confidence: 74%

The prevalence of primary headache disorders in Ethiopia

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BackgroundKnowledge of the epidemiology of primary headache disorders in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains very limited. We performed a population-based survey in rural and urban areas of Ethiopia, using methods similar to those of an earlier study in Zambia and tested in multiple other countries by Lifting The Burden.MethodsIn a cross-sectional survey we visited households unannounced in four regions of Ethiopia: the mostly urban populations in Addis Ababa and its environs and rural populations of selected districts in Oromia, Amhara and South Nations Nationalities and People’s Regions States (SNNPRS). We used cluster-randomized sampling: within clusters we randomly selected households, and one adult member (18–65 years old) of each household. The HARDSHIP structured questionnaire, translated into the local languages, was administered face-to-face by trained interviewers. Demographic enquiry was followed by diagnostic questions based on ICHD-II criteria.ResultsFrom 2,528 households approached, 2,385 of 2,391 eligible members (1,064 [44.7%] male, 596 [25.0%] urban) consented to interview (participating proportion 99.8%). Headache in the preceding year was reported by 1,071 participants (44.9% [95% CI: 42.4–46.3]; males 37.7%, females 49.9%), and headache yesterday by 170 (7.1% [6.2–8.2]; males 45 [4.1%], females 125 [9.2%]). Adjusted for gender, age and habitation (urban/rural), 1-year prevalence of migraine was 17.7%, of tension-type headache (TTH) 20.6%, of all headache on ≥15 days/month 3.2%, and of probable medication-overuse headache (pMOH) 0.7%. The adjusted prevalence of headache yesterday was 6.4%. Very few cases (1.6%) were unclassifiable. All headache disorders were more common in females. TTH was less common in urban areas (OR: 0.3; p < 0.0001), but pMOH was very strongly associated (OR: 6.1; p < 0.0001) with urban dwelling. Education was negatively associated with migraine (OR: 0.5–0.7; p < 0.05) but (at university level) positively with pMOH (OR: 2.9; p = 0.067). Income above ETB 500/month showed similar associations: negatively with migraine (OR: 0.8; p = 0.035), positively with pMOH (OR: 2.1; p = 0.164).ConclusionsFindings for migraine and TTH in Ethiopia were quite similar to those from Zambia, another SSA country; pMOH was much less prevalent but, as in Zambia, essentially an urban problem. Primary headache disorders are at least as prevalent in SSA as in high-income western countries.

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“…Compared to other studies in Benin we found a higher prevalence. Indeed it has been reported respectively 8.9% and 3.3% among workers in Cotonou [19] and in a rural community in central Benin in Abomey [20]. These differences could be explained by differences in population, educational attainment, healthy worker effect age of subjects included and the triggers for access in different studies.…”

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Prevalence of migraine among university students at Parakou, Benin: A cross-sectional study

Adoukonou¹,

Tognon-Tchegnonsi²,

Philomène³

et al. 2014

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Objective: To determine the prevalence of migraine and its associated factors in students at the University of Parakou. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study carried out from February 1st to April 30th 2011. It included all students registered during the academic year 2010-2011 and selected by systematic random sampling. Migraine was defined according to IHS 2004 criteria. To assess the link between migraine and body mass index we collected height and weight of each student. Multivariate analysis was used to study the factors associated with migraine, odds-ratio and their confidence interval were estimated. SPSS Soft-ware was used to perform statistical analysis. Results: During the study period 1200, students returned their questionnaires. They were 842 males and 358 females. 171 fulfilled migraine criteria, and the overall prevalence of migraine was 14.2% (CI 95%: 11.6% -17.4%). The main associated factors were the sex with an OR: 2.3 (CI 95%: 1.6 -3.2) and family history of headache with an OR: 1.6 (CI 95%: 1.1 -2.4). Migraine with aura was the frequent form (59.1%) and visual aura the frequent form of aura. No association was found between migraine and body mass index but students with obesity had high risk of migraine with aura OR: 3.8 (CI 95%: 1.5 -9.7) compared with those with normal weight. The main triggering factors were sleeplessness (90.1%) and mental fatigue (85.4%). Conclusion: The results suggest a high prevalence of migraine among students at Parakou University and no association between obesity and migraine.

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Prevalence of Migraine in a Rural Community in South Benin

Cited by 25 publications

References 30 publications

Prevalence of Primary Headaches in an Urban Slum in Enugu South East Nigeria: A Door‐to‐Door Survey

Prevalence of Primary Headaches in an Urban Slum in Enugu South East Nigeria: A Door‐to‐Door Survey

The prevalence of primary headache disorders in Ethiopia

Prevalence of migraine among university students at Parakou, Benin: A cross-sectional study

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