Impact of headache on young people in a school population

Kernick, David; Reinhold, Deborah; Campbell, John

doi:10.3399/bjgp09x454142

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“…The lack of recognition of headache is particularly important because of the significant impact of migraine and headaches on adolescents' educational progress and medical and physical morbidity. 4–6,12,45,46 Efforts should be made to increase caregivers' awareness of the signs of headaches in adolescents, especially given the increasing prevalence of headaches during puberty. 6,12,47 Researchers should also be aware of the low levels of parent-adolescent concordance for headaches when assessing the prevalence of headache in adolescent samples.…”

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confidence: 99%

Parent-Child Agreement in the Reporting of Headaches in a National Sample of Adolescents

et al. 2011

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The aim of this article is to assess the concordance between parent and adolescent headache ratings in a representative sample of 6483 US adolescents (aged 13–18 years). Headaches were assessed using modified criteria from the International Headache Society's International Classification of Headache Disorders, Second Edition. Caregiver report was based on a self-administered questionnaire. Overall concordance between caregivers and adolescents on the presence or absence of headaches was quite low (κ = 0.39). Female caregivers were twice as likely as male caregivers to report headaches in their offspring. Positive endorsement of headaches in offspring by caregivers was associated with adolescent-reported chronic headaches, longer headache duration, and photophobia or phonophobia. These findings suggest that relying solely on parent report may result in an underestimate of the true prevalence of headaches in the general population. In addition, collecting information from both parents and adolescents could be critical to effective treatment and prevention of the severe consequences of migraine.

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Parent-Child Agreement in the Reporting of Headaches in a National Sample of Adolescents

et al. 2011

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“…In adolescence, physical and mental health, as well as school performance and quality of life can be affected by pain [2,[8][9][10][11][12]. Studies that have assessed functional status via questionnaires have found that pain can also impair activities of daily functioning [13][14][15].…”

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Pain and Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Adolescence: An International Population-Based Survey

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“…In one study, 20% of the study population had a headache once or more times a week, with an average Pediatric Migraine Disability Assessment Scale score (PedMIDAS) of over 12.1 (and an impact on over 12 days in a 3-month period). 10% of the population had a PedMIDAS score of 16.8 and a generic Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL4) score of 70.1, indicating a poorer quality of life than that of children with asthma, diabetes, or cancer [32] . The primary headache disorders contributed to 34.61% of the total school days lost in a calendar year [20] .…”

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“…The primary headache disorders contributed to 34.61% of the total school days lost in a calendar year [20] . An average of 0.6 days of school was lost in a 3-month period across all school children [32] . [33] .…”

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confidence: 99%