- 일반연제-Photophobia in Korean Patients with Migraine
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Kyungmi Oh, Byung-Kun Kim, Byung-Jo Kim, Jin-Kyu Han, Kun-Woo Park , Dae-Hie Lee
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Korean J Headache. 2005;6(1):102-102. Published online June 30, 2005
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- Background
Although photophobia is a main component of migraine classification and ID-migraine, previous literature reported lower incidence rate(about 40%) in Korean patients with migraine than inte- rnational studies with Caucasian patients Objectives: This study was performed to compare the photophobia incidence rate detected by simple interview in Korean migraineurs with that detected by a specific photophobia questionnaire. Methods: Seventy-four migraine patients with mean age of 39.8±17.36 years were enrolled in this study. After simple interview by a headache specialist, patients were asked to report the questionnaire, which is comprised of 8 items. Seven items are questions about various symptoms, avoidance and as a triggering factor related to light during migraine attacks, and one item is a question if the symptom occurs during interictal period. Results: A total of 40(54.1%) patients noted photophobia through the simple interview, and all of them reported yes to at least 1 item in the questionnaire. Fifty-three(85.1%) patients were revealed as having photophobia by the questionnaire. Of these 53 patients, 23 had same symptoms in headache-free period. Conclusion: Similar photophobia incidence with Caucasian was revealed by the questionnaire. The questionnaire may be used as sensitive method to help detect photophobia in Korean.
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