Profile of Primary Headache Patients at Tanjung Priok Health Center for the Period of January – December 2023

Abstract

Aims: To find out the profile of primary headache patients at the Tanjung Priok Community Health Center from January 2023 to December 2023. Study Design:  This research is a type of descriptive research with a cross-sectional research design. Data was obtained through secondary data collection, namely medical record data at the Tanjung Priok Community Health Center from January to December 2023. Place and Duration of Study: This research was conducted at the Tanjung Priok Community Health Center in January 2024. Methodology: The population of this study were all patients with a primary working diagnosis of primary headache disease at the Tanjung Priok Community Health Center for the period January 2023 – December 2023. Primary headache patients at the Tanjung Priok Community Health Center were declared to have met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The sampling technique that will be used is the Total Sampling technique, namely the number of samples is the same as the number of medical records that will be used in the research. Results: The results obtained from this study were that of the 125 patients diagnosed with primary headache, the most patients experienced tension-type headache, namely 93 patients (74.4%), and migraine with aura was the least experienced, namely 4 patients (3.2%); The gender that experienced primary headaches was women, namely 77 patients (61.6%), while men were 48 patients (38.4%); Primary headache sufferers with an age range of more than 30 years to 60 years are the age with the largest number of patients, namely 64 patients (51.2%), while those aged more than 60 years experience the least number of primary headaches, namely 6 patients (4.8%); Based on employment, the largest group of patients who did not work was 79 patients (63.2%); Based on the choice of therapy, the majority of primary headache patients were treated medically, namely 113 patients (90.4%). Conclusion: That still are many patients who experienced primary headaches at the Tanjung Priok Community Health Center for the period January 2023 to December 2023, including female patients with an age range of 30-60 years and unemployed. This is of course important for all stakeholders to pay attention to to develop appropriate service programs as an effort to prevent and treat primary headaches, which even though they are categorized as mild illnesses, can have an impact on various things, including a person's daily performance in activities.