OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of headache and its interference in the activities of daily living (ADL) in female adolescent students. METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study enrolled 228 female adolescents from a public school in the city of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil, aged ten to 19 years. A self-administered structured questionnaire about socio-demographic characteristics, occurrence of headache and its characteristics was employed. Headaches were classified according to the International Headache Society criteria. The chi-square test was used to verify possible associations, being significant p<0.05. RESULTS: After the exclusion of 24 questionnaires that did not met the inclusion criteria, 204 questionnaires were analyzed. The mean age of the adolescents was 14.0±1.4 years. The prevalence of headache was 87.7%. Of the adolescents with headache, 0.5% presented migraine without pure menstrual aura; 6.7%, migraine without aura related to menstruation; 1.6%, non-menstrual migraine without aura; 11.7%, tension-type headache and 79.3%, other headaches. Significant associations were found between pain intensity and the following variables: absenteeism (p=0.001); interference in ADL (p<0.001); medication use (p<0.001); age (p=0.045) and seek for medical care (p<0.022). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of headache in female adolescents observed in this study was high, with a negative impact in ADL and school attendance.

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Introdução: O estresse térmico resulta em queda no desempenho das operações militares e aumento de distúrbios relacionados ao calor. Para minimizar estes efeitos recomenda-se a reposição adequada de fluidos. Objetivos: Avaliar o conhecimento de hidratação e comparar o estado de hidratação após diferentes protocolos de hidratação seguidos de uma corrida. Métodos: 46 militares foram alocados em três grupos: privação da ingestão de líquidos (GA), ingestão recomendada pelo Colégio Americano de Medicina do Esporte (ACSM) (GB) e ingestão ad libitum (GC). Resultados: A taxa de sudorese de GA e GC foi superior à GB (26,81 ± 5,5 ml.min-1, 15,92 ± 10,69 ml.min-1 vs 4,47 ± 6,5 ml. min-1). Em relação à ingestão, GB apresentou valor superior a GA e GC (453,0 ± 91,0 vs 0,0 ml ± 0,0 ml, 165,0 ± 136,0 ml). Conclusão: As recomendações do ACSM foram adequadas para manterem os militares hidratados, no entanto, os militares apresentaram um baixo nível de conhecimento e hábitos de hidratação inadequados.