BACKGROUND The study was designed to determine the validity and reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version (MIDAS-M) of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire. METHODS Patients having migraine for more than six months attending the Neurology Clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, were recruited. Standard forward and back translation proc...

Headache is one of the most common neurological disorders in developmental age. Several studies investigated the relationship between headache and emotional/behavioral problems. We studied non-verbal cognitive abilities, including non-verbal memory and attention skills, in order to evaluate the impact of primary headache on these domains. The latest version of the cognitive battery Leiter Inter...

BACKGROUND The current subclassification of migraine is according to headache frequency and aura status. The variability in migraine symptoms, disease course, and response to treatment suggest the presence of additional heterogeneity or subclasses within migraine. OBJECTIVE The study objective was to subclassify migraine via a data-driven approach, identifying latent factors by jointly exploi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) in the treatment of migraine. DESIGN A prospective clinical trial of twelve months duration. The trial consisted of 3 stages: two month pre-treatment, two month treatment, and two months post treatment. Comparison of outcomes to the initial baseline factors was made and also 6 months after the cessation of the ...

IntroductionThe prevalence of headache and sleep disorders is quite high in the general population. Both are chronic pathologies considered factors daily disability which often coexists migraine patients. A cause-and-effect relationship between attacks sleepless nights has not been confirmed yet, but it already recognized that they have common neuropeptides functional anatomy their pathogenesis...

Posttraumatic migraine may represent an important subtype of headache among the traumatic brain injury (TBI) population and is associated with increased recovery times. However, it is underdiagnosed in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). This study examined the effectiveness of the self-administered Nine-Item Screener (Nine-Item Screener-SA), the Headache Impact Test- 6 (HIT-6), t...

Abstract Background Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS) is a useful tool to measure headache-related disability. Modified MIDAS with 4-week recall period reduces bias and improves accuracy of the results. This study aimed at validating mMIDAS in Portuguese. Methods Studied population consisted adult migraine patients attending headache outpatient clinic. Reliability was assessed by int...

The aim of this study was to investigate possible association between migraine and physical practice among 480 medical students who were submitted to a questionnaire about headaches and physical practices. Migraine diagnosis was assessed by ID-Migraine and functional disability was evaluated with MIDAS. The type (aerobic or strength training), the weekly frequency and the intensity of physical ...

INTRODUCTION MIDAS is a valid and reliable short questionnaire for assessment of headache related disability. Linguistic validation of Persian MIDAS and assessment of psychometric properties between tension type headache (TTH) and migraine were the aims of this study. METHODS Patients with migraine or TTH were included. At the first visit, we administered a headache symptom questionnaire, MID...

OBJECTIVE Migraine is the most common acute intermittent primary headache in children and prophylactic therapy is indicated in children with frequent or disabling headaches. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of topiramate (TPM) for migraine prophylaxis in children. MATERIALS & METHODS In a quasi-experimental study, monthly frequency, severity and duration of he...