Abstract
Background: Headache is considered as disabling disorder. It has significant impact on the quality of life and functional impairment. Health care providers in radiology department within different qualification are expected to experience health-related problems during their life due their nature of works and spending hours on screening. So, this study aims to identify the prevalence of headache and its associated risk factors among radiology department. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted from July to October in multicenter at radiology department with different qualification: doctor, technician, and nurse in AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected through a self-administrated questionnaire that fulfilled paper based or online. Considering the chi-square significant is in P<0.05. Results: A total of 133 workers in radiology department fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The analyzed population presented a mean age of 30.6 +/- 11.8 years; female represented 72.2 % of the participants. Half of the radiology department is 52.6% spending more than 6 hours on computer. Exact of 106 (79.7%) participant experience headache that lasting for hours among 57.5% of them. The most common site reported of headache was bifrontal (57.8%) followed by Bi-orbital (40.4%). Time spending on computer, different qualifications and being female were significantly associated with headache (P=.049). Conclusion: The prevalence of headache is high among radiology department within different qualifications. This study encourages more studies to be established among health care provider for better practice decisions and reducing the global headache burden.