Survey on prevalence and related factors of migraine in underwater operation personnel in China

Abstract

Objective To investigate the prevalence, clinical features and related factors of migraine in underwater operation personnel in China.  Methods A total of 308 underwater operation personnel sampled by a cluster sampling method were visited by door-to-door calling and surveyed using the structured questionnaire including sociodemographic data, diagnostic questions on headache, life quality and sleep quality.  Results Seventy-three (23.70%) cases suffered from headache in the past one year, among whom 64 cases presented primary headaches (20.78%), including 19 cases of migraine (6.17%) manifesting unilateral pain (14/19), pulsatile pain (15/19) and moderate or severe pain (18/19). Phonophobia (14/19) and photophobia (12/19) were the most common accompanying symptoms. Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that risk factors including age, education, residence, marital status, length of sevice and identity, had no significant differences from migraine prevalence (P > 0.05, for all).  Conclusions Migraine has a high prevalence in underwater operation personnel and exerts serious impact on their work and life quality.

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2014.04.013