Prevalence Of Cervicogenic Headache Inpatients Suffering From Depression

Abstract

Background: Cervicogenic headache is very common among different age groups and gender, but now-a-days it is very common in age between 20-60 years. When a patient gets depressed, he presents with different symptoms, but the patients usually get cervicogenic headache because of persistent depression.

Aims & Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ratio of cervicogenic headache in patients suffered from depression regularly 10 to 12 or more days per month in specific settings.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on the sample of 59, was selected from Madinah Teaching Hospital, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, DHQ hospital Faisalabad and psychiatry and mental care Faisalabad. Data was collected through purposive sampling technique. Those patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria was the part of that prevalence study. A headache impact test (HIT) questionnaire was confirm the cervicogenic headache in patients with depression.