SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHE COMBINED WITH CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE

Autor: M.Yu. Delva, I.I. Delva, V.A. Pinchuk, G.Ya. Sylenko, A.M. Kryvchun
Jazyk: English<br />Russian<br />Ukrainian
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Проблеми екології та медицини, Vol 25, Iss 3-4, Pp 3-7 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4662
2519-2302
DOI: 10.31718/mep.2021.25.3-4.01
Popis: Introduction. A study of medication overuse headache (MOH) can define the risk group for MOH in patients with primary headaches. The aim of the research is to study the socio-demographic, clinical and pharmacotherapeutic characteristics of patients with MOH and chronic tension-type headache (CTTH). Material and methods. We examined 28 patients with MOH in combination with CTTH and 34 patients with CTTH. MOH and CTTH were diagnosed according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd revision. Anxiety and depressive signs were assessed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; abdominal obesity was determined using waist circumference. Quantitative values were presented as the median and the interquartile range. Quantitative samples were analyzed according to Mann-Whitney U-test, qualitative samples - according to Fisher's exact test. Differences at p
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