Prevalence Of Cervicogenic Headache And Risk Factors Associated With Hijab Wearing Women

Abstract

Introduction: Cervical region is the most fragile region of the human body with complex anatomy and providing maximum movements on the joints. Cervicogenic headache is a unilateral pain that radiates to the head from the cervical region. Loading of the cervical spine leads to worsening of the condition. Females are more liable to develop the condition because of wearing headscarves for a prolonged period Objective: The aim was to manifest the prevalence of cervicogenic headache in the hijab wearing women. Our goal was to identify the risk factors like age, occupation and activities that cause this condition in the hijab wearing women. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted. To collect the data we selected visual analogue scale and the headache disability index. 381 population sample size was computed by using non probability purposively sampling technique. Data was scrutinized through SPSS version 21.0(statistical package for Social Sciences) Results: The questionnaire was filled by females only. We carried flexion rotation test and visual analogue scale to analyze the results. According to analysis overall results showed that 57.3% were positive and 39.2 were negative for cervical rotation test. 70% had mild pain in visual analogue scale Conclusion: Presenting our final result of the research that females between 21-30 years of age were more prone to develop cervicogenic headache. The likelihood of cervicogenic headache was increased by the age and students were more prone to develop this condition due to overloading of the cervical spine. The percentage in Multan region is 57.3% of females which showed positive results.