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. 2011 Jul;6(2):106-9.
doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.92818.

Prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache among school children in Yazd, Iran

H Fallahzadeh  1 , M Alihaydari
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Prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache among school children in Yazd, Iran

H Fallahzadeh et al. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: The etiology and pathogenesis of migraine and other types of headache are still under discussion. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache and its association with demographic variables among schoolchildren.

Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 930 school children (aged 12-14 years) through cluster sampling method. International Headache Society criteria were used for diagnosis. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used for data analysis.

Results: The prevalence of migraine headache was 12.3% (95% CI: 10.2-14.4) and tension-type headache was 4.2% (95% CI: 2.9-5.6). The factor associated with migraine in multivariate analysis were age and sleep disturbances.

Conclusions: Migraine is common among school children, although it may be under-recognized. Because children with migraine and tension-type headache have a high prevalence of sleep disturbances, they should always be evaluated for the presence of sleep problems.

Keywords: Epidemiology; headache; migraine; prevalence; tension-type headache.

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