Résumé
Migraine is the most common primary headache syndrome with no specific pathologic reason affecting physical, mental and social aspects of quality of life and reduces health-related quality of life [HRQOL]. Migraine is the most noticeable medical issue in women's health, since it is more prevalent among them during the reproductive years between the age of 25 and 55 years. The low frequency of organic causes for and the increasing prevalence of headache suggest individual and environmental factors. The aim of this study is to investigate the associations between migraine headache and lifestyle in women. This is a case-control study on 170 subjects aged 18-50 years randomly selected by Poisson sampling from population of women with headache referring to neurology clinics of Al-zahra and Nour hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and with absolute diagnosis of migraine by neurologist based on the criteria of the International Headache Society. The control group comprised of all women with no migraine having identical inclusion criteria with the study subjects. The data were collected by interviews with a researcher designed questionnaire. The questionnaire was used after the scientific validity and reliability had been confirmed by content validity and Test-retest, respectively. Descriptive and analytical statistical tests [independent t test, Chi-square test and Fisher exact test] were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that there was a statistically significant association between some dimensions of lifestyle such as nutrition status and food habits [P