The study of prevalence of migraine among teachers at Zahedan, Iran

Background: To Determine the Prevalence of Migraine Among the Teachers at Zahedan.
Because the Teachers Endure Many Stress for Gaining the high Goels. So Stress Is the Greatest
cause for Catching Migraine and Economic Losses.
Methods and materials: This study Planned to Descriptive – cross sectional. The target
Group was the teachers at Zahedan. The Method of Sampling was cluster.
Questionnaire consist of the questions about ago , sex , section of teaching , Record of
teaching, systemic disease exclusivefrom , the specification of Headache , the causes of
Intensification of Headache and the Intensity of headache. Data was Analysed by Spss program
with chi squar test.
Results: In this Research, 1539 teachers were studied. 40% men and 60% women aged
Averaglly 35.7±6.55 Yr. Prevalence of Migraine among samples was 9.7% it has not Meaning full
Relation to native or age , education , record of teaching but Migraine headache related to sex and
section of teaching. Prevalence of Migraine was 11.9% in women and 6.6% in men. Prevalence of
Migraine in primery school teachers were 9.7% , in Guidence school , 8% and in high school
teachers , 14% prevalence of Migraine with aura was 54.2%.
Conclusions: According to the Results to this study,The Prevalence of Migraine Among the
teachers who were tested , is equal to the normal prevalence of Migraine in the whole socity. In
three section which was tested, for prevalence of Migraine, the teachers of high school affecting
Migraine more than others. And it is arising from the youth's Edutional Problems.