Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia
| Autor: | Davor Plavec, Vlasta Vuković-Cvetković, Arijana Lovrenčić-Huzjan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Ihs criteria Article Subject Croatia Headache Disorders Population Adult population lcsh:Medicine General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Prevalence Humans Medicine education Demography Croatian education.field_of_study General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry lcsh:R General Medicine language.human_language Medical support prevalence of headache headache Croatian population study language Female business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BioMed Research International, Vol 2013 (2013) BioMed Research International |
| ISSN: | 2314-6141 2314-6133 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2013/837613 |
| Popis: | Background. Chronic headache describes the presence of headache for >15 days per month on average for >3 months and fulfills the rest of the IHS criteria. The prevalence of chronic headache is within the range of 0.5–7.3% worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the 1-year prevalence of chronic headache in adult Croatian population.Methods. The data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of an adult population (>18 years of age) sample. Randomly selected patients from the general population in four Croatian cities were asked to fulfill a self-completed questionnaire. The prevalence of chronic headache was calculated in the sample representing 3 383 769 Croatian adults.Results. The total sample included 1542 responders among which 616 were with headache. The 1-year prevalence of chronic headache was 2.4%, and 0.9% of responders declared having headache 30 days per month. According to these results, 81 192 adult inhabitants in Croatia suffer from chronic headache.Conclusions. The prevalence of chronic headache in Croatia is comparable to other countries worldwide. These patients require special attention and should be offered multidisciplinary medical support. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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