TRANSLATION, CULTURAL ADAPTATION AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE URDU VERSION OF SIMPLIFIED MODIFIED RANKIN SCALE IN STROKE PATIENTS

Abstract

Background: Cervicogenic headache (CGH) is related to the upper cervical spine. CGH is characterized by pain arising due to the upper three cervical nerves it is examined to occur by the convergence of the nociceptive afferents of the trigeminal and upper three cervical spinal nerves with secondary sensory neurons in the trigeminal cervical nucleus examined to extend from the cervical region up to the head. Objective: To determine the association of cervicogenic headache with cervical radiculopathy. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 adult populations after taking consent to participate in the study. Adults aged 20 to 32 years with cervicogenic headaches associated with cervical radiculopathy were selected for the study. The short form 36 questionnaire was used to evaluate the quality of life and the numeric pain rating scale to measure pain intensity. Results: The results showed no association of radiculopathy with age however age is strongly associated with pain numerically represented by a chi-square test with a p-value of 0.350. Conclusion: This study showed the association of cervicogenic headache with cervical radiculopathy. The high frequency is 38.1% in the adult population aged 24-28 years with cervicogenic headache but that age negatively correlates with cervicogenic headache with a p-value of -0.027.

Keywords: cervicogenic headache, cervical radiculopathy, SF-36, quality of life