Undifferentiated headache: broadening the approach to headache in children and adolescents, with supporting evidence from a nationwide school-based cross-sectional survey in Turkey.

Autor: Wöber C; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Wöber-Bingöl Ç; Dr Gönül Bingöl-Dr Muammer Bingöl Çocuk ve Ergen Başağrısı Derneği, Istanbul, Turkey., Uluduz D; Neurology Department, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Aslan TS; Neurology Department, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Uygunoglu U; Neurology Department, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Tüfekçi A; Neurology Department, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University School of Medicine, Rize, Turkey., Alp SI; Neurology Department, Namık Kemal University School of Medicine, Tekirdağ, Turkey., Duman T; Neurology Department, Mustafa Kemal University School of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey., Sürgün F; Neurology Department, Mustafa Kemal University School of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey., Emir GK; Neurology Department, Sıtkı Kocaman University School of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey., Demir CF; Neurology Department, Fırat University School of Medicine, Elazığ, Turkey., Balgetir F; Neurology Department, Fırat University School of Medicine, Elazığ, Turkey., Özdemir YB; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marmara University Medical School, Istanbuk, Turkey., Auer T; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Siva A; Neurology Department, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Steiner TJ; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs Gate, Trondheim, Norway. t.steiner@imperial.ac.uk.; Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK. t.steiner@imperial.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of headache and pain [J Headache Pain] 2018 Feb 27; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 18. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 27.
DOI: 10.1186/s10194-018-0847-1
Abstrakt: Background: Headache is a leading disabler in adults worldwide. In children and adolescents, the same may be true but the evidence is much poorer. It is notable that published epidemiological studies of these age groups have largely ignored headaches not fulfilling any specific set of ICHD criteria, although such headaches appear to be common. A new approach to these is needed: here we introduce, and investigate, a diagnostic category termed "undifferentiated headache" (UdH), defined in young people as recurrent mild-intensity headache of < 1 h's duration.
Methods: We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey in 31 schools in six regions of Turkey selected by mixed convenience-based and purposive modified cluster-sampling. A validated, standardised self-completed structured questionnaire was administered by a physician-investigator to entire classes of pupils aged 6-17 years.
Results: Of the identified sample of 7889 pupils, 7088 (89.8%) participated. The 1-year prevalence of UdH was 29.2%, of migraine (definite and probable) 26.7%, and of tension-type headache (TTH) (definite and probable) 12.9%. UdH differed with respect to almost all headache features and associated symptoms from both migraine and TTH. Burden of headache and use of acute medication were lower in UdH than in migraine and TTH. Headache yesterday was less common in UdH than migraine (OR 0.32; 95% CI 0.28-0.37) and TTH (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.56-0.77). Quality of life (QoL) was better in UdH (33.6 ± 5.2) than in migraine (30.3 ± 5.6; p < 0.001) and TTH (32.4 ± 5.3; p < 0.001), but worse than in pupils without headache (35.7 ± 4.7; p < 0.001).
Conclusions: This large nationwide study in Turkey of pupils aged 6-17 years has shown that many children and adolescents have a headache type that does not conform to existing accepted diagnostic criteria. This new diagnostic category of presumably still-evolving headache (undifferentiated headache) is common. UdH differs in almost all measurable respects from both migraine and TTH. Although characterised by mild headaches lasting < 1 h, UdH is associated with significant adverse impact on QoL. Longitudinal cohort studies are needed to evaluate the prognosis of UdH but, meanwhile, recognition of UdH and its distinction from migraine and TTH has implications for epidemiological studies, public-health policy and routine clinical practice.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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