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Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia
Background. Chronic headache describes the presence of headache for >15 days per month on average for >3 months and fulfills the rest of the IHS criteria. The prevalence of chronic headache is within the range of 0.5–7.3% worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the 1-year prevalence...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24078925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/837613 |
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author | Vuković-Cvetković, Vlasta Plavec, Davor Lovrenčić-Huzjan, Arijana |
author_facet | Vuković-Cvetković, Vlasta Plavec, Davor Lovrenčić-Huzjan, Arijana |
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description | Background. Chronic headache describes the presence of headache for >15 days per month on average for >3 months and fulfills the rest of the IHS criteria. The prevalence of chronic headache is within the range of 0.5–7.3% worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the 1-year prevalence of chronic headache in adult Croatian population. Methods. The data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of an adult population (>18 years of age) sample. Randomly selected patients from the general population in four Croatian cities were asked to fulfill a self-completed questionnaire. The prevalence of chronic headache was calculated in the sample representing 3 383 769 Croatian adults. Results. The total sample included 1542 responders among which 616 were with headache. The 1-year prevalence of chronic headache was 2.4%, and 0.9% of responders declared having headache 30 days per month. According to these results, 81 192 adult inhabitants in Croatia suffer from chronic headache. Conclusions. The prevalence of chronic headache in Croatia is comparable to other countries worldwide. These patients require special attention and should be offered multidisciplinary medical support. |
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spelling | pubmed-37739242013-09-29 Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia Vuković-Cvetković, Vlasta Plavec, Davor Lovrenčić-Huzjan, Arijana Biomed Res Int Research Article Background. Chronic headache describes the presence of headache for >15 days per month on average for >3 months and fulfills the rest of the IHS criteria. The prevalence of chronic headache is within the range of 0.5–7.3% worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the 1-year prevalence of chronic headache in adult Croatian population. Methods. The data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of an adult population (>18 years of age) sample. Randomly selected patients from the general population in four Croatian cities were asked to fulfill a self-completed questionnaire. The prevalence of chronic headache was calculated in the sample representing 3 383 769 Croatian adults. Results. The total sample included 1542 responders among which 616 were with headache. The 1-year prevalence of chronic headache was 2.4%, and 0.9% of responders declared having headache 30 days per month. According to these results, 81 192 adult inhabitants in Croatia suffer from chronic headache. Conclusions. The prevalence of chronic headache in Croatia is comparable to other countries worldwide. These patients require special attention and should be offered multidisciplinary medical support. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3773924/ /pubmed/24078925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/837613 Text en Copyright © 2013 Vlasta Vuković-Cvetković et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Vuković-Cvetković, Vlasta Plavec, Davor Lovrenčić-Huzjan, Arijana Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia |
title | Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia |
title_full | Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia |
title_short | Prevalence of Chronic Headache in Croatia |
title_sort | prevalence of chronic headache in croatia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24078925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/837613 |
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