RESUMEN
Headache is one of the chronic disorders that can trigger sexual dysfunction due to complex mechanisms. This study recruited 120 consecutive patients from our outpatient clinics with migraine (n = 60), TTH (n = 60) as well as healthy age-matched controls (n = 60) for a total of 180 patients. All the participants were evaluated by the Arabic version of the female sexual function index (ArFSFI: 19 items), the abridged 5-item version of the international index of erectile function (IIEF-5), hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS: 14 items), visual analog scale (VAS) score, and the headache impact test questionnaire (HIT-6TM: 6 items). A significant correlation was noticed between scores of total ArFSFI in women with TTH and their partners' IIEF-5 scores (r = 0.773, p < 0.001). In contrast, significant negative correlations were also found between scores of total ArFSFI in women with migraine(r - 0.327, p 0.011), HADS-A scores (r - 0.504, p < 0.001), HADS-D scores (r - 0.579, p < 0.001), HITS scores (r - 0.413, p 0.001), VAS scores (r 0.737, p < 0.001), and their partners' IIEF-5 scores (r - 0.839, p < 0.001). Interestingly, our study had shown a bidirectional relation between SD, anxiety, and depression subscales of HADS in females with migraine only (28.49 ± 9.46, 13.54 ± 4.44, 15.17 ± 7.73 respectively, p 0.009), while females with migraine and SD reported statistical higher scores of anxiety and depression (25.21 ± 11.70, 12.71 ± 4.20, 17.95 ± 8.05, respectively, p 0.006). This study had demonstrated that drug-naïve Egyptian females with migraine are more prone to SD than those with TTH.
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Trastornos Migrañosos/epidemiología , Preparaciones Farmacéuticas , Disfunciones Sexuales Fisiológicas/epidemiología , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Cefalea de Tipo Tensional/epidemiología , Adulto , Ansiedad/diagnóstico , Ansiedad/epidemiología , Estudios Transversales , Depresión/diagnóstico , Depresión/epidemiología , Egipto/epidemiología , Femenino , Humanos , Trastornos Migrañosos/diagnóstico , Disfunciones Sexuales Fisiológicas/diagnóstico , Cefalea de Tipo Tensional/diagnóstico , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
There are limited data on the contribution of the African continent to neuroscience research and publications. This review aims to provide a clear view on the state of neuroscience research among African countries, and to compare neuroscience research within the 52 African countries. A literature review search was conducted for all published articles by African authors in both local and international journals using Medline and other primary databases. Neuroscience represents 9.1% of the total medical publications. The highest percentage of neuroscience publications comes from South Africa. There is a positive correlation between the Gross Domestic Product and the total number of neuroscience publications among African countries. There is therefore an urgent need to develop strategies to improve neuroscience research in African countries.