Abstract
Purpose: To determine the frequency of ophthalmological disorders associated
with headache.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in the outpatient
department of Fatima Memorial Hospital from January 2018 to July 2018.
Material and Methods: The sample population was selected through nonprobability, convenience sampling technique. A proforma was filled that included
questions about the characteristics of headache and the ocular findings on
examination. Complete eye examination was done by a consultant
ophthalmologist. The various disorders related with headache were divided into
the following categories that included ocular, non-ocular, combined ocular and
combined ocular with non-ocular causes. Statistical analysis was done using
SPSS version 23.
Results: Out of the 180 patients, 127 (70.6%) were females and 53 (29.4%)
were males. The mean age was 25.02 ± 12.89 years ranging from 5 to 80 years.
In the ocular causes, the most common were asthenopias present in 83
(46.11%) patients. These included 29 (16.1%) patients of convergence
insufficiency, 18 (10%) patients with hypermetropia, 15 (8.3%) patients with
myopia, 7 (3.9%) patients with presbyopia and 4 (2.2%) patients with increased
mobile and computer usage. The patients who suffered from other ocular causes
such as keratoconus and hypertensive retinopathy were 2 each (1.1%) and the
number of patients presenting with acute uveitis, blepharitis, retinal detachment
and squint were 1 each (0.6%). In the non-ocular causes, 61 (33.9%) patients
presented with migraine.
Conclusion: Most of the patients with ocular causes had refractive errors and
majority of the patients with non-ocular causes had migraine.
Muhammad Asharib Arshad, Syed Abdullah Mazhar, Nazish Ali, Ahsan Zil-e-Ali, Manzra Shaheen. (2019) Frequency of the Ophthalmological Disorders Associated with Headache, Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 35, Issue 2.
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