Determining headache characteristics among Health Sciences Faculty students and evaluating the cultural beliefs affecting their treatment selection(s)

Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the headache characteristics among students of the Faculty of Health Sciences and the cultural beliefs affecting their treatment selection(s).
Methods: This research was faculty-centered and 243 students formed the sample. Data was derived from face-to-face interview, using a 54-item questionnaire. Results: The students involved in the research admitted that they had experienced a headache at least once in their lives. 51.0% stated the headache was localized on both sides, 50.9% reported a sense of heaviness, baring, carving in character, 50.6% stated that the headaches started in the evening and were voice, and 54.3% reported feeling tired afterwards. 71.2% of the students expressed sensitivity to voice in conjunction with the headache and 49.8% of them reported an increase in headache with activity. 179 students suffering from headache had never applied to a doctor, and 74 of them self-administered medication. Aside from the treatment with medicine, 81.1% stated that head and neck massages ameliorated/resolved their headache symptoms. Conclusion: Reports of seeing a doctor, taking painkillers or using other techniques for treating the headache were deficient.