Prevalence of primary headache disorders in school-going children in Kashmir Valley (North-west India)

OBJECTIVE: A prospective prevalence study of primary headache disorders in school going children (8–18 years) in Srinagar district of Kashmir valley was conducted. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study population comprised of a randomized sample of 5000 school going children in the age group of 8–18 year...

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Autores principales: Malik, A. Hameed, Shah, Parvaiz A., Yaseen, Yawar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23024557
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.100030
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: A prospective prevalence study of primary headache disorders in school going children (8–18 years) in Srinagar district of Kashmir valley was conducted. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study population comprised of a randomized sample of 5000 school going children in the age group of 8–18 years from various educational institutions of Srinagar city. A self-administered pretested questionnaire was filled by the participants and the diagnosis established by following the International Headache Society criteria (IHS) 2004. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of primary headache disorders was found to be 664/1000. The prevalence of tension-type headache and migraine was found to be 50.99% and 26.98%, respectively. The prevalence revealed an upward trend with increasing age with preponderance for female sex.

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