@article{Al-Hashel_Abokalawa_Ahmed_2022, title={New precipitating factors for migraine during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown}, volume={13}, url={https://headachemedicine.com.br/index.php/hm/article/view/579}, DOI={10.48208/HeadacheMed.2022.6}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background:</strong> Lock down caused sudden lifestyle changes and represented a massive impact on human health. We aimed to report new migraine headache precipitating factors due to lifestyle changes during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic lockdown.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> This cross-sectional survey included patients diagnosed with migraine based on The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (ICDH-3). During the lockdown, we submitted an online self-reported web-based questionnaire to patients already diagnosed with migraine and attending headache clinic at Ibn Sian Hospital in Kuwait. Questions explored different new precipitating factors of migraine headache attacks during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown compared to precipitating factors before lockdown.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 340 migraine patients responded to online questionnaire. The mean age of them is 34.65 years. Females were predominant 79.1%. Majority of the cohort 85 % has more than one trigger of migraine headache attack. During pandemic, the common precipitating factors were smell of strong odors in 214 (62.9%), followed by certain food  in 175 (51.8%), sleep disturbance in 120 (35.3%), emotional or mental stress  in 80 (23.6%), caffeine in 80 (23.6%), flickers of light in 78 (22.9%), weather changes in 68(20%), smoking in 65 (19.12%), noise in 56 (16.5%),  sun light exposure in 41 (12.1%), fasting/ hypoglycemia in 40 (11.7%), hormonal changes in 37 (10.6%), physical excretion/fatigue in 24 (7.1%), screen exposure in 20 (5.9%), and dehydration in 14 (4.1%) patients. Before pandemic, noises 200 (58.8%), flicker of light 180 (52.9%), weather changes 175 (51.5%), sun light 170 (50%), food 160 (48.5%) and 130 (38.2%) sleep deprivation were the most common precipitating factors of migraine. 40% did not report precipitating factors for migraine before lockdown.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Change of habits during lock down exposed migraine patients to different precipitating factors. Strong odors, food, sleep disturbance and stress were the most common migraine headache precipitating factors during COVID-19 lockdown.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Headache Medicine}, author={Al-Hashel, Jasem Youssef and Abokalawa, Fathi and Ahmed, Samar Farouk}, year={2022}, month={Apr.}, pages={111–116} }