1- Department of Public Health, School of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran 2- Department of Public Health, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran 3- The Student Research Committee, Department of Public Health, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4- Sirjan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran , amirhoseinhaghir@yahoo.com 5- Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Background: Migraine is the most common primary headache syndrome with no specific pathologic reason affecting physical, mental and social aspect of quality of life and reduces health related quality of life. The aim of the present study was to investigate role of coping strategies and beliefs related to pain in disability of migraine. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 110 patients were studied. Data were collected using questionnaires HDI (Headache Disability Inventory) and pained believes. Analysis was done using SPSS.v.16 by descriptive statistics and T test, ANOVA and correlation coefficient.
Results: 110 patients, including 74 (67.3%) female and 36 (32.7%) male, were studied. 77 subjects (70%) was associated with sstarting migraines with prognosis and in 35 patients, dizziness was reported as the most common symptom. The average disability score was 48.06±6.8, the average use of coping strategies score was 103.97±38.8 and the average pained believes score was -6.01±7.2. There was not significant association between disability and coping strategies and also between pained believes and coping strategies. Significant association was observed between disability and pained believes (r=0.2, p=0.002).
Conclusion: The results revealed that there was no significant association between pained Believes and coping strategies, while significant association was seen between disability and pained believes.
Gilasi H R, Omidi A, Gharlipour Z, Tavassoli E, Haghir A H, Sorkhabi P. Role of coping strategies and beliefs related to pain in disability of migraine. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2014; 23 (4 and 1) :59-63 URL: http://tmuj.iautmu.ac.ir/article-1-756-en.html