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Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the association between sleep quality with headache frequency in migraine patients and also to evaluate migraine trigger and non-headache symptoms in episodic and chronic migraine groups and evaluation of the same in poor and good sleepers (GSs) in migraine population. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional and observational study in a tertiary care hospital of East India between January 2018 and September 2020, migraine patients were evaluated. Migraine patients were divided into two groups: Episodic migraine (EM) and chronic migraine (CM) group according to ICHD 3 β classification and into poor sleepers (PSs, Global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] >5) and GSs (Global PSQI ≤5). Sleep was evaluated using PQSI - a self-rated questionnaire and disease pattern, associated non-headache symptoms, and triggers were evaluated in between groups. Demographic, headache character, and sleep parameters including seven "component" scores: Subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleeps duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and daytime dysfunction and global PQSI were compared between groups (EM and CM). Similar parameters were also compared between PSs and GSs group. Statistical analysis was performed using the χ2 test for categorical variables and the t-test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables. Correlation between two normally distributed numerical was tested by Pearson correlation coefficient assessment. Results: One hundred migraine patients were analyzed, among which 57 were PSs and 43 were GSs and 51 patients had EM and 49 patients had CM. Moderately significant "r" value noted in between headache frequency and global PQSI score (r = 0.45, P < 0.01). In non-headache symptoms, blurring of vision (EM 8 [16%] and CM 16 [33%] P = 0.05), nasal congestion (EM - 3 [6%] and CM - 12 [24%], P = 0.01), and cervical muscle tenderness (EM-23 [45%] and CM - 34 [69%], P = 0.01) were more prevalent in chronic headache group along with allodynia (EM - 11 [22%] and CM - 25 [51%], P < 0.01). Conclusion: Chronic headache group had poor subjective sleep quality, increased sleep latency, decreased sleep duration, decreased sleep efficiency, and increased sleep disturbance in comparison to episodic group which has therapeutic implication. The non-headache symptoms which are more prevalent in CM patients increase the overall disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Blood pressure is related to heart rate, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation. Hypertension is one of the major problems which leads to cardiovascular disease. Hence, the current study aimed to create awareness and to know whether staffs or students have more heart rate and blood pressure. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Students with the age of 18–22 years were included and the staffs with the age of 30–40 were also included in this study. A total of 60 participants were divided into two groups. Group 1 consists of 30 students and Group 2 consists of 30 staffs. Those having asthma and cardiac problem were excluded from this study. Results: The systole of the students and the staffs was 121.3 ± 12.06 and 122 ± 15.53, respectively, and they were non-significant. The diastole of the students and the staffs was 83 ± 15.63 and 85 ± 12.69, respectively, and they were also non-significant. The heart rate of the students and the staffs was 88±12.73 and 82±8.95 and found significant. Conclusion: Blood pressure is more or less similar among both students and staffs and only variation seen in heart rate. This study may be helpful for them to maintain their heart rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]