Headache is associated with lower alcohol consumption among medical students



Document title: Headache is associated with lower alcohol consumption among medical students
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000354648
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Santa Casa de Misericordia de Vitoria, Vitoria, Espirito Santo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ago
Volumen: 69
Number: 4
Pages: 620-623
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Estadística o encuesta
Approach: Descriptivo
English abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the association between headache and alcohol consumption among medical students. 480 medical students were submitted to a questionnaire about headaches and drinking alcohol. Headache was assessed by ID-Migraine and functional disability was evaluated with MIDAS. The evaluation of alcohol consumption was assessed with Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). There was significantly lower proportion of students with drinking problem among students with headache. This occurred both among students classified as having migraine and among those who had non-migrainous headache. There was not a correlation between functional disability of headache and AUDIT score. Our data suggest that having headache leads to a reduction in alcohol consumption among medical students regardless the degree of headache functional impact
Portuguese abstract O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a associação entre cefaléia e consumo de álcool entre estudantes de Medicina. Quatrocentos e oitenta estudantes foram submetidos a um questionário. A cefaleia foi avaliada através da versão em português do "ID-Migraine" e o grau de comprometimento funcional da cefaleia foi avaliado pelo MIDAS. O padrão de consumo de bebidas alcoólicas foi avaliado pelo "Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)". Houve uma proporção significativamente menor de problemas relacionados ao álcool entre estudantes com cefaleia, tendo isso sendo verificado tanto nos estudantes com migrânea, quanto naqueles com cefaleia não migranosa. Não houve correlação entre o grau de comprometimento funcional da cefaleia com o padrão de consumo de bebidas alcoólicas. Nossos dados sugerem ter havido redução na quantidade de bebidas alcoólicas ingeridas nos estudantes com cefaleia, independentemente do grau de comprometimento funcional da cefaleia
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Neurología,
Cefalea,
Consumo de alcohol,
Migraña,
Estudiantes de medicina
Keyword: Medicine,
Neurology,
Headache,
Alcohol consumption,
Migraine,
Medical students
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