Volume 27, Issue 136, June 2023

Assessing disability and quality of life among migraine patients: A single center study using MIDAS and SF-36 questionnaires in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Nawaf A Alahmadi^1♦, Abdullatif G Bshnaq¹, Mohammed Alkhathlan¹, Rakan Alzahrani¹, Ahmed Alansari¹, Abdulrahman A Alyasi ¹, Mohamed Eldigire Ahmed², Abdullah Alzahrani³

¹College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
²Assistant professor at College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
³Department of Family Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of the National Guard – Health Affairs, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Migraine is characterized by painful headaches lasting 4-27 hours and accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. It is considered the seventh major factor for living with disability. Aim: This study aims to assess quality-of-life (QoL) impairment and disability among chronic migraine patients in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted from October to December 2022. Data was collected through phone interviews using: The Short Form-36 (SF-36) and Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS). Results: 103 out of 202 patients were already diagnosed with migraine, with 64.1% being females. The mean age of participants was 36.7 years. Significantly, there was a negative association between MIDAS and QoL components except for the limitation of emotional problems (P=0.063), whereas the highest negative correlation was overall QoL (r-0.487). Females had the lowest QoL scale (P=0.001). There were no notable variations in QoL by age category (P=0.621) and educational level (P=0.085). Conclusion: The results highlight the essential of monitoring QoL domains as an important factor in managing migraine patients to minimize the disability it imposes on their everyday life.

Keywords: Migraine, Disability, Quality of life, MIDAS, SF-36, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e268ms3090

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i136/e268ms3090

Published: 21 June 2023