An Epidemiological Study of Headache in an Urban Population in Zimbabwe
作者:
Lorraine M. Levy,
期刊:
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
(WILEY Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 1
页码: 2-9
ISSN:0017-8748
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1111/j.1526-4610.1983.hed2301002.x
出版商: Blackwell Science Inc
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
SYNOPSISInformation on the prevalence of headache and its characteristic features was collected from an urban population in Zimbabwe, using a combination of interview and questionnaire. Over five thousand people were questioned and the prevalence of headache was found to be 20.2% (17.6% in males and 27.0% in females). Severe headaches were experienced by approximately one third of the headache group and were more common in the younger age groups and in women. One third of the people with headaches had warning symptoms and more than half had precipitating factors. Several other features such as frequency, duration, site, age of onset and treatment sought were studied. The headaches described were classified, the most important finding being the infrequent occurrence of classical migraine.
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