Knowledge, Attitudes, and Management of General Practitioners of the Hospital Districts of Ouagadougou about Migraine (Burkina Faso).

A A Dabilgou,J Kaboré,A Zoma,A Dravé,C Napon,A Millogo,K Karfo,J M A Kyelem,Filippo Brighina

doi:10.1155/2021/9327363

Abstract

Background Migraine is a common neurological disorder characterized by severe headache attacks that may be debilitating. The objective of this study is to determine the knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners in the hospital districts of the city of Ouagadougou on migraine. Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out in hospital districts of Ouagadougou. The data were collected during three months from February 1 to April 30, 2020. Results The study included 116 general practitioners. Thirteen percent of them were suffering from migraine. All participants had previous experience with migraine diagnosis before the survey. Eighty percent of general practitioners had a good level of knowledge of ICDH-3 criteria (knowing 6-7 criteria). The most widely recognized IHS criteria were pulsatility quality (93.1%), photophobia or sonophobia (80.2%), and mild-to-moderate intensity (80%). Ninety-five (81.9%) general practitioners rarely ordered brain imaging. The most common acute treatments were nonsteroidal inflammatory drug (39.47%), paracetamol (44.74%), and derivate of ergot (3.95%). The most common preventive treatments were amitriptyline (27.8%), derivate of ergot (18.9%), and NSAID (16.7%). The majority of general practitioners (56.9%) have referred headache patients to a colleague or specialist. Conclusions Our study found that diagnostic criteria and acute treatment of migraine were well known by the majority of general practitioners, in contrast of preventive treatment.

Highlights

Migraine is a common neurological disorder characterized by severe headache attacks that may be debilitating [1, 2]
E diagnosis is based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3 beta version) diagnostic criteria published in 2013
There are not yet studies on the evaluation on the migraine management of GPs in Sub-Saharan Africa, as in Burkina Faso. e objective of our study was to assess the knowledge of general practitioners of the five hospital districts of

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Migraine is a common neurological disorder characterized by severe headache attacks that may be debilitating. e objective of this study is to determine the knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners in the hospital districts of the city of Ouagadougou on migraine. E objective of this study is to determine the knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners in the hospital districts of the city of Ouagadougou on migraine. Eighty percent of general practitioners had a good level of knowledge of ICDH-3 criteria (knowing 6-7 criteria). Our study found that diagnostic criteria and acute treatment of migraine were well known by the majority of general practitioners, in contrast of preventive treatment. Migraine is one of the most common conditions presenting to both a primary care and general neurology practice [3]. Ere have been few studies investigating how to improve migraine education in the primary care setting [8,9,10]. E objective of our study was to assess the knowledge of general practitioners of the five hospital districts of. There are not yet studies on the evaluation on the migraine management of GPs in Sub-Saharan Africa, as in Burkina Faso. e objective of our study was to assess the knowledge of general practitioners of the five hospital districts of

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