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  • Title: A study of triggers of migraine in India.
    Author: Yadav RK, Kalita J, Misra UK.
    Journal: Pain Med; 2010 Jan; 11(1):44-7. PubMed ID: 19793343.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the migraine triggers in consecutive patients and correlate these with demographic and clinical variables. DESIGN: A prospective study. SETTING: Tertiary care teaching hospital. SUBJECT AND METHODS: A total of 182 patients with migraine were included whose age ranged between 14 to 58 years and 131 were females. Duration of migraine ranged between 6 and 260 months. Endogenous and exogenous migraine triggers were inquired using a questionnaire. Severity of migraine, associated symptoms, and functional disability were recorded. Presence of trigger was correlated with various demographic and clinical variables. RESULTS: Migraine triggers were present in 160 (87.9%) patients and included emotional stress in 70%, fasting in 46.3%, physical exhaustion or traveling in 52.5%, sleep deprivation in 44.4%, menstruation in 12.8%, and weather changes in 10.1% patients. Multiple triggers (>2) were present in 34.4% patients. CONCLUSION: The triggers in the Indian migraine patients are similar to other populations but for dietary factors.
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