A HOSPITAL-ORIENTED RESEARCH TO ASSESS THE LONGER MIGRAINE AILMENT AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH DEPRESSION, GENDER AND AGE

Objective: To ascertain the cohabiting depression in detected instances of migraine. Methods and Patients: We carried out this hospital-oriented research at Mayo Hospital, Lahore (February 2016 to March 2017). All patients of both genders irrespective of their age, hospitalized at the said locale were the population of the research. The researcher used the criteria devised by the International Headache Society to detect the cases of migraine. Moreover, to examine the cases of depression, the researcher selected HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). Member drew a comparison among the cases of depression under migraine (MWD) and migraine without depression acting as control variables (MC). Outcomes were measured in a time interval and rate of migraine, indisposition with depression. Results: Total hundred patients were detained in the hospital. Initially, forty MWD were selected as research participants and forty MC were chosen from the rest of the patients, hospitalized. So we can make the case by examining the numbers that among all MC and MWD, females were common: 72% and 78% in turn. In terms of female MWD, most of them belonged to the 31-40 years old age group in contrast with MC in which the patients belonged to the age group of (21 – 30) years. Whereas, in both cases, MC and MWD. males belonged to the age group of (22 – 30) years, that is about 56% (05) and 46% (5) separately. The study explored that, 50% of MWD were facing the attacks of indisposition for regular ten years. For the same duration, eighteen percent of MC bears the same disease. A headache caused the root of disability for 90% of MWD. On the other hand, MC has had 62.5% for maximal disease period. Conclusion: The migraine patients who are bearing this ailment for the longer period of time with high rate are advised to be evaluated by the psychiatric. Moreover, antidepressant medicines can benefit their healing procedure. Keywords: Depression, Comorbidity and Migraine