Volume 27, Issue 136, June 2023

Awareness of Cluster Headache among students of Hail University

Walid Alesefir^1♦, Muath Alshammari², Abdullah Almuwaysi², Turki Alshammari², Yousef Alanazi²

¹Consultant Neurologist, Assistant professor, Hail University, Saudi Arabia
²Medical Student, Hail University, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Consultant Neurologist, Assistant professor, Hail University, Saudi Arabia
ORCID: 0000-0001-7698-1632

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Cluster headache (CH) needs to be better studied in our region, given the absence of previous literature in Saudi Arabia regarding awareness of this rare disease. Furthermore, CH is one of the leading causes of life disability. Therefore, we looked to increase CH awareness among students at Hail University. Method: We used a cross-sectional study prospectively studying the awareness of CH among Hail University students by an electrical form questionnaire; our study aimed to improve the understanding of CH among Hail University students and secondly to measure the prevalence of CH in our university. Result: The study survey was completed by 400 students in total. 32.8 percent of the candidate has heard about CH. Only 86 (21.5%) of the subjects experienced CH. Compared to 17.7% of male students, 25.7% of female students reported having an attack at least. A precise 158 (39.5%) students attended medical colleges, while 242 (60.5%) attended non-medical institutions. Conclusion: We found a low level of awareness among Hail University students. We ultimately concluded that to improve Hail University students’ knowledge of the disease more effectively, we needed to raise their degree of awareness. Although it’s one of the region’s first studies, more studies must follow to confirm our results.

Keywords: Cluster headache, Awareness, Severe headache, Hail University

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e254ms3054

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i136/e254ms3054

Published: 11 June 2023