One-year prevalence of cluster headache, hemicrania continua, paroxysmal hemicrania and SUNCT in Norway: a population-based nationwide registry study.

Autor: Hagen K; Department of Medical Quality Registries and Clinical Research Unit, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, 7006, Norway. knut.hagen@stolav.no.; Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NorHEAD-Norwegian Centre for Headache Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. knut.hagen@stolav.no.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of headache and pain [J Headache Pain] 2024 Mar 06; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 06.
DOI: 10.1186/s10194-024-01738-x
Abstrakt: Background: There is lack of population-based studies evaluating the prevalence of paroxysmal hemicrania, hemicrania continua and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the gender-specific 1-year prevalence of cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, hemicrania continua, and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks.
Methods: A nationwide study was conducted from January 1 2022 and December 31 2022 by linking diagnostic codes from Norwegian Patient Registry and prescription of relevant drugs from Norwegian Prescription Database on an individual basis. The 1-year prevalence with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, hemicrania continua and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks are estimated based on the combination of diagnostic codes, prescription of drugs and corresponding reimbursement codes.
Results: Among 4,316,747 individuals aged ≥ 18 years, the 1-year prevalence per 100,000 was 14.6 (95% CI 13.5-15.8) for cluster headache, 2.2 (95% CI 1.8-2.7) for hemicrania continua, 1.4 (95% CI 1.0-1.8) for paroxysmal hemicrania, and 1.2 (95% CI 0.8-1.4) for short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks. For all the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgies, cluster headache included, the prevalence was higher for women than men.
Conclusions: In this nationwide register-based study, we found a 1-year prevalence per 100,100 of 14.6 for cluster headache, 2.2 for hemicranias continua, 1.4 for paroxysmal hemicranias, and 1.2 for short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks. This is the first study reporting higher prevalence of cluster headache for women than men.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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