MIGRAINE FACT SHEET: EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE MIGRAINE SUFFERERS AND THEIR CARE GIVERS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Migraine is markedly disabling medical condition and the problem is poorly recognized and majority of headache sufferers have not sought medical help even when their problem is severe.   The aim of this study is to develop a fact sheet on migraine that can be useful in educating migraine sufferers and the community after evaluating the impact of migraine headache in North-Eastern Nigeria. One hundred migraine sufferers that met the International Headache Society diagnostic criteria for migraine and attends Neurology clinic, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital from May, 2007 to April, 2010 and from whom informed consent was obtained were evaluated for this disorder using a structured study questionnaire at which a developed fact sheet was issued to them. It is expected that the fact sheet once used appropriately would go a long way in reducing the negative burden of migraine by improving productivity and social functioning in our community.