Neurologo, Responsabile Centro Cefalee CDC, Asti, Italy.
Dipartimento Di Scienze Della Sanita' Pubblica ASL AT, Dottore in Scienze Infermieristiche, Asti, Italy.
Neurol Sci. 2022 Sep;43(9):5739-5740. doi: 10.1007/s10072-022-06277-4. Epub 2022 Jul 21.
We conducted an observational study of 4926 university students from all over Italy and different university courses, including health areas. Students were contacted through the most popular social networks and some student's course representatives also acted as intermediaries, from June 1 to August 31, 2021. A questionnaire has been carried out using "Google Forms" and MIDAS. The study confirmed how the headache was widespreaded among the student population and how much it was underestimated (only one-fifth of the interviewees had been to a specialist/headache center). The negative impact of habitual headache on school performance was confirmed by the attendance on courses and the overall study performance. The clinical phenomenon might have been impacted by the pandemic period and its changes in lifestyle, in the study methodology, and due to the stress increase. Finally, the means used in the study were very satisfactory: the use of peers of the interviewees and the social networks, obtaining a broad acceptance of the study and possibly offering a method which is likely to be used in the future. Students presenting habitual headaches must be aware of their condition and the need to search for an appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
我们对来自意大利各地和不同大学课程的 4926 名大学生进行了一项观察性研究，包括健康领域。学生通过最受欢迎的社交网络联系，一些学生的课程代表也充当中间人，时间为 2021 年 6 月 1 日至 8 月 31 日。使用“Google Forms”和 MIDAS 进行了问卷调查。研究证实了头痛在学生群体中的广泛存在，以及头痛被低估的程度（只有五分之一的受访者曾去专家/头痛中心就诊）。习惯性头痛对学业成绩的负面影响通过课程出勤率和整体学习成绩得到了证实。临床现象可能受到大流行时期及其生活方式变化、研究方法以及压力增加的影响。最后，研究中使用的方法非常令人满意：利用受访者的同龄人以及社交网络，广泛接受了这项研究，并可能提供了一种未来可能会使用的方法。有习惯性头痛的学生必须意识到自己的状况以及寻求适当诊断和治疗的必要性。
