Use of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, Second Edition, criteria in the diagnosis of primary headache in schoolchildren: Epidemiology study from eastern Turkey

Abstract

We aimed to determine the prevalence of primary headache among schoolchildren in the city of Agri, located in eastern Turkey, where geographical, climatic and socio-economic conditions differ greatly from those of other regions of Turkey. A cross-sectional school-based (ages ranging from 11 to 18) study was conducted from January to April 2006. Diagnosis was based on the second edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders. This population was evaluated by a two-stage clustered sampling procedure. In the first phase, 1385 children were asked whether they had had a headache within the past year. For the second-step interview, 540 children (38.9%) with a complaint of headache were selected. Five children who had complained of headaches in the first interview did not agree to participate in the second stage. Of the remaining 535, 473 were identified as having primary headache and 62 as having secondary headache. Overall, one-year prevalence of headache subtypes was 14.3% for migraine, 3.5% for probable migraine, 8.6% for pure tension-type headache, 4.6% for migraine plus tension-type headache, and 3.0% for probable migraine plus tension-type headache. The prevalence of migraine was higher in our study than in previous studies.

Evaluation of headache in children: a retrospective study

“…In the study that Alp et al had made on children that migraine was seen more frequently in females than males (1.45), where 34.4 % had aura and visual and auditory aura were the most frequent ones. Also in this study 84.8% of the patients with migraine and 69.7% of the patients with tension type headache had family history of headache [12].…”

Atopic disorders are more common in childhood migraine and correlated headache phenotype

“…The most frequent atopic disorder in our study was allergic rhinosinusitis triggered by seasonal changes. The supportive data on the shared relations of the mechanism and phenotype between migraine and ETTH sufferers are far from a coincidence . Our previous study showed 55.2% of the migraine patients and 51.7% of the ETTH sufferers reported a positive history of atopic disorders.…”

“…The supportive data on the shared relations of the mechanism and phenotype between migraine and ETTH sufferers are far from a coincidence. 1,20,21 Our previous study showed 55.2% of the migraine patients and 51.7% of the ETTH sufferers reported a positive history of atopic disorders. On the other hand, a family history of atopic disorders was reported to be more common in migraine sufferers than ETTH sufferers (78.8% vs 21.2%, P = 0.004).…”

Vomiting and migraine‐related clinical parameters in pediatric migraine

“…Vomiting and nausea are recognized features of migraine and of pediatric migraine . In some cases, vomiting alone precedes the onset of migraine headache.…”

“…Vomiting and nausea are recognized features of migraine 1 and of pediatric migraine. [2][3][4][5][6] In some cases, vomiting alone precedes the onset of migraine headache. Barlow 7 described 13 toddlers with recurrent vomiting during their first 2 years of life in whom migraine later developed along with other symptoms.…”