Quality of Life in Young Italian Patients With Primary Headache

Nodari, Elisa; Battistella, Pierantonio; Naccarella, C; Vidi, M.

doi:10.1046/j.1526-4610.2002.02079.x

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“…Contrary to the authors' observations, previous studies in children with chronic headaches have reported impairment in school functioning in children with frequent headaches. 28,29 In a study of 122 adolescents with chronic daily headaches in Taiwan, more than half reported moderate to severe impairment of school performance. 20 A possible explanation of the authors' findings is the reported fear of failure and resultant overachievement in children with chronic headaches.…”

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Headache in Children

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The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare headache etiology, type, and burden and the learning and behavioral profile in children with early-onset (under 6 years) and late-onset (8-12 years) headaches. The study included 133 patients, 35 in the early-onset group and 98 in the late-onset group. Headache diagnosis was based on International Classification of Headache Disorders -II (ICHD-II) criteria. Learning profile and behavioral problems were assessed by parental reports. Tension headache was the most common diagnosis in the early-onset headache group (51.4%). No significant differences were found between the age groups with regard to headache etiology, disability, abnormal neuroimaging results, school performance, or attention problems. Nevertheless, the early-onset group patients had a significantly higher prevalence of behavioral problems: 25.7% versus 11.2% (P < .02). The authors suggest that early age of headache onset does not imply a harmful etiology or a relentless headache disability or burden.

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Headache in Children

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“…18 Literature shows some controversy in findings acquired from various studies on the quality of life of adolescents with migraine and its related factors. [19][20][21][22] Moreover, evidence about the adjusted association between migraine and the domains of quality of life (mental, social, environmental, and physical) among students, especially based on models such as linear regression, is rare. Therefore, it is necessary to do more studies in this context.…”

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Migraine and Quality of Life in High School Students

2014

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The aim of the study was to estimate quality of life and determine the adjusted association of migraine with the quality of life in a sample of students. This population-based study was performed among 857 high school students in Boukan City (with a Kurdish language-speaking population, about 600 km west of the city of Tehran, Iran). The World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire was used along with International Headache Society criteria. Multiple linear regression models were applied. The mean scores of quality of life domains of physical health, psychological, environmental, and social relationships were 69.1 (standard deviation = 16.5), 61.5 (standard deviation = 18. 1), 66.3 (standard deviation = 20. 8), and 65.2 (standard deviation = 17. 8) out of 100, respectively. Migraine after adjusting for the other factors was associated significantly with the scores in the physical (P = .002), social (P = .002), and environmental (P = .033) domains. Migraine is associated with reducing the physical, environmental, and social aspects of the students' quality of life.

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“…Enhancing physical functioning (i.e., participation in physical activities, ability to perform physical tasks) is an important treatment goal 1 for adolescents with chronic pain, who as a group, demonstrate decreased physical function compared to healthy youth 2,3 . Physical function has been fairly extensively studied in youth with various pain conditions wherein youth or their parents have reported on perception of difficulty in the child's participation in developmentally appropriate activities due to pain 4,5 .…”

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