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Sociodemographic Factors and Primary Headache Syndromes in a Saudi Community

 

作者: Mohammad Abdul Jabbar,   Adesola Ogunniyi,  

 

期刊: Neuroepidemiology  (Karger Available online 1997)
卷期: Volume 16, issue 1  

页码: 48-52

 

ISSN:0251-5350

 

年代: 1997

 

DOI:10.1159/000109670

 

出版商: S. Karger AG

 

关键词: Headache;Migraine;Tension-type headache;Sociodemography;Saudi Arabia

 

数据来源: Karger

 

摘要:

Background and Purpose: There is increasing evidence that the pathophysiologic mechanisms are different between migraine and tension-type headache. The aim of the study was to determine possible sociodemographic differences in Saudi Arabia subjects with headache. Methodology: A community-based door-to-door survey with identification of headache cases based on IHS criteria. A comparison of sociodemographic variables was made between subjects with migraine and tension-type headache. Results: Headache prevalence was 8% (95% CI = 7.3–8.7%) with a preponderance of tension-type headache (39%). Females were more often affected than males (ratio 2:1). Migraine subjects were more often in the professional occupational group compared with tension-type headache (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Headache prevalence in the community was low. Subjects with migraine and tension-type headache were similar with respect to many demographic variables. Occupational association needs verification in further studie

 

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