Relationship between Work Stress Levels and the Frequency of Migraine Occurrence: Literature Review

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  • Haikal Farhan Nagata
  • Rahayu Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
  • Andi Abdillah Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang

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https://doi.org/10.22219/apisio.Vol1.AM2.42230

Abstract

Background: Worker’s workload tends to increase every year, so that’s increasing the stressors. The higher the stressors, the heavier work stress appears. The kind of work stress is different in each person. According to data from GBD (Global Burden of Disease), people with work stress often complains of migraine, and stress was recorded as the second most frequent trigger in migrain cases. Migraine is still being studied up to now. Purpose: To determine the correlation between work stress level  and the frequency of migraine.  Method: Literature review taken references from 27 journals and 2 textbooks. The journals were taken from PubMed using levels of work stres and migraine frequency as the keywords, which were selected by international journals that indexed by Scopus and non-Scopus which were published no later than 2015. Result: The review showed that stress is often associated with migraine as trigger, and it roles as the risk factor for chronic migraine. In case of chronic migraine, there was high stress conditions occurs. In the other hand, high stress condition makes the stress resistance decreases that makes person susceptible to suffer from migraine. Migraine frequency is more common in the person who has high stress level than those with the low. Work load and type of work affect the frequency of migraine. Prevention and treatment of migraine in workers should be considered because it affects the level of absence and productivity of work. Conclusion: There were correlation between work stress level and the frequency of migraine

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2023-08-30

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