Medical Science
Volume 25, Issue 118, December 2021
Prevalence of headache and associated risk factors among radiology department
Hussain A Al Ghadeer1♦, Jaafer J Al Obaid2, Wejdan H Al Musallam3, Khadijah A Al Ali3, Qassim A Al Hassan2
1Paediatric department, Maternity and Children Hospital, AlAhsa, Saudi
Arabia
2Radiology department, King Fahad Hospital-Hofuf, AlAhsa, Saudi
Arabia
3Radiology department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University,
AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
♦Corresponding author
Paediatric department, Maternity and Children Hospital,
AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
Background: Headache is considered as disabling disorder. It has significant impact on the quality of life and functional impairment.
Health care providers in radiology department within different qualification are expected to experience health-related problems
during their life due their nature of works and spending hours on screening. So, this study aims to identify the prevalence of
headache and its associated risk factors among radiology department. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted from
July to October in multicenter at radiology department with different qualification: doctor, technician, and nurse in AlAhsa, Saudi
Arabia. The data were collected through a self- administrated questionnaire that fulfilled paper based or online. Considering the
chi-square significant is in P<0.05. Results: A total of 133 workers in radiology department fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The
analyzed population presented a mean age of 30.6 ± 11.8 years; female represented 72.2 % of the participants. Half of the radiology
department is 52.6% spending more than 6 hours on computer. Exact of 106 (79.7%) participant experience headache that lasting for
hours among 57.5% of them. The most common site reported of headache was bifrontal (57.8%) followed by Bi-orbital (40.4%). Time
spending on computer, different qualifications and being female were significantly associated with headache (P=.049). Conclusion:
The prevalence of headache is high among radiology department within different qualifications. This study encourages more
studies to be established among health care provider for better practice decisions and reducing the global headache burden.
Keywords: risk factors, healthcare worker, Saudi Arabia, radiology, headache
Medical Science, 2021, 25(118), 3222-3230
