One-Year Prevalence of Migraine in Austria: A Nation-Wide Survey

Lampl, Christian; Buzath, A; Baumhackl, Ulf; Klingler, D

doi:10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00509.x

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“…This has been confirmed by almost all epidemiologic studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Despite this trend, after the age of 65 years, more than 13% of women and 7% of men continue to complain of headache [18].…”

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Headache in the elderly: a clinical study

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IntroductionHeadache prevalence is age-dependent, declining progressively, especially after 55-60 years of age. This has been confirmed by almost all epidemiologic studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Despite this trend, after the age of 65 years, more than 13% of women and 7% of men continue to complain of headache [18]. Chronic tension-type headache, instead, does not seem to decrease with increasing age [18,19]. The etiology of headache is also age-dependent. The incidence of primary headaches declines, while that of secondary headaches tends to become higher with increasing age [20][21][22][23]. Some headaches, such as that secondary to giant cell arteritis, appear in almost all cases after age of 60 years [23]. Among primary headaches, hypnic headache presents an onset prevalently in the elderly [24][25][26]. Elderly patients more often have comorbidity with other disorders [27][28][29][30]. Although the prevalence of headache in the elderly is relevant, few clinical and epidemiologic studies have been conducted until now in patients aged over 65 years. In some studies of the general adult population, only subjects up to 65 years of age have been studied [9,10,31]. We report the prevalence of headache in a population of subjects over 65 years of age seen at our centre. Materials and methodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical charts of 4417 consecutive patients ≥18 years of age referred to our Headache Centre Abstract Although the prevalence of headache in the elderly is relevant, until now few studies have been conducted in patients over the age of 65 years. We analyzed the clinical charts of 4,417 consecutive patients referred to our Headache Centre from 1995 to 2002. There were 282 patients over 65 years of age at the first visit, corresponding to 6.4% of the study population. Primary headaches were diagnosed in 81.6% of the cases, while secondary headaches and non-classifiable headaches represented, respectively, 14.9% and 3.5% of the cases. Among primary headaches, the prevalence was almost the same for migraine without aura (27.8%), transformed migraine (26.1%) and chronic tension-type headache (25.7%). The most frequent secondary headaches were trigeminal neuralgia and headache associated with cervical spine disorder.

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“…There is evidence in the literature supporting our results. In almost all epidemiological studies from all over the world, the incidence of headache has been reported to be higher in women than men (1,5,10,12,14,15,16,17,24,27,39,41,43). All the studies (12, 37) have revealed that migraine is two or three times more common in females than males.…”

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Headache and its effects on health-related quality of life among adults

Arslantaş¹,

Tözün²,

Ünsal³

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Turkish Neurosurgery

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AIm: This study was conducted with aim of determining prevalence of headache and evaluating its effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Beylikova town of Eskisehir city in the west of Turkey. mAterIAl and methOds: This study was conducted on adults aged 20 years and over aged between May11 and June04 2009 in Beylikova town of Eskisehir city in the west of Turkey. A total of 587 people were selected by simple randomized method. The International Headache Society criteria were used for the determination of severity of headache. The 36-item short-form (SF-36) was used for the assessment of healthrelated quality of life. results:The number of men and women was 302 (51.4%), and 285 (48.6%), respectively. The mean age was 46.70±15.26 years (range, 20-87 years). Headache prevalence was found to be 78.2% (n=459). Decreased headache prevalence was found in the ages older than 30-44 age group (p <0.05). All domains of SF-36, the mean scores were higher in individuals without headache than those with headache (for each, p<0.05). Migraine prevalence was found to be 7.2% (n=33). COnClusIOn:In accordance with the literature, this study found the presence of headache in adults at high frequency (78.2%). Particularly the presence of migraine and increased severity of headache were found to decrease the quality of life.

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“…Headaches prevalences given in per cent with 95% CI (Wilson) were compared to literature data from Austria (10), where available (all headaches, MwoA, MwA), or global prevalence data (tension-type headache) (11). Because there were more women than men (16:9) …”

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Headache in 25 Consecutive Patients With Atrial Septal Defects Before and After Percutaneous Closure-A Prospective Case Series

Riederer

Baumgartner

Sándor

et al. 2011

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain

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In contrast to patent foramen ovale, that is highly prevalent in the general population, atrial septal defect (ASD) is a rare congenital heart defect. The effect of ASD closure on headache and migraine remains a matter of controversy. The objectives of the study were (i) to determine headache prevalence in consecutive patients with ASD scheduled for percutaneous closure for cardiologic indications, using the classification of the International Headache Society and (ii) to compare headache characteristics before and after closure of ASD. In this observational case series no a priori power analysis was performed. Twenty-five consecutive patients were prospectively included over 27 months. Median duration of followup was 12 months, [Interquartile range 0]. Prevalence of active headache seemed to be increased compared to the general population: Any headaches 88% (95% confidence interval 70-96), migraine without aura 28% (14-48), migraine with aura 16% (6-35). After ASD closure, we observed a slightly lower headache frequency (median frequency 1.0 [2.6] vs. 0.3 [1.5] headaches per month; p=0.067). In patients with ongoing headaches, a significant decrease in headache intensity (median VAS 7 [3] vs. 5 [4]; p=0.036) was reported. Three patients with migraine with aura before the intervention reported no migraine with aura attacks at followup, two of them reported ongoing tension-type headache, one migraine without aura. In summary, this prospective observational study confirms the high prevalence of headache, particularly migraine, in ASD patients and suggests a possible small beneficial effect of ASD closure.

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One-Year Prevalence of Migraine in Austria: A Nation-Wide Survey

Cited by 86 publications

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Headache in the elderly: a clinical study

Headache in the elderly: a clinical study

Headache and its effects on health-related quality of life among adults

Headache in 25 Consecutive Patients With Atrial Septal Defects Before and After Percutaneous Closure-A Prospective Case Series

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