Headache diagnosis, disability and co-morbidities in a multi-ethnic, heterogeneous paediatric Asian population

Autor: S K-H Tay, S-C Chong, H-T Ong, P-S Low, Y-H Chan
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Cephalalgia. 30:953-961
ISSN: 1468-2982
0333-1024
DOI: 10.1177/0333102409356327
Popis: This was a questionnaire survey on headache and migraine prevalence in 2873 Singaporean schoolchildren aged 6 to 16 years. ICHD-II headache classification, disability assessment with PedMIDAS and screening of psychosocial co-morbidities with the Paediatric Symptom Checklist were conducted. Lifetime headache prevalence was high at 80.6%, migraine prevalence was 8.6% and tension headache prevalence was 10.0%. Headache and migraine prevalence was high compared with that found in other Asian studies. Factors significantly associated with headache included adolescent age (OR = 1.5 [95% CI 1.3–1.9], p
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