Headache diagnosis, disability and co-morbidities in a multi-ethnic, heterogeneous paediatric Asian population

This was a questionnaire survey on headache and migraine prevalence in 2873 Singaporean schoolchildren aged 6 to 16 years. ICHD-II headache classification, disability assessment with PedMIDAS and screening of psychosocial co-morbidities with the Paediatric Symptom Checklist were conducted. Lifetime...

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Published in:Cephalalgia 2010-08, Vol.30 (8), p.953-961
Main Authors: Chong, S-C, Chan, Y-H, Ong, H-T, Low, P-S, Tay, S K-H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Child
Comorbidity
Female
Headache - diagnosis
Headache - epidemiology
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Sex Factors
Singapore - epidemiology
Sleep
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
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Summary:This was a questionnaire survey on headache and migraine prevalence in 2873 Singaporean schoolchildren aged 6 to 16 years. ICHD-II headache classification, disability assessment with PedMIDAS and screening of psychosocial co-morbidities with the Paediatric Symptom Checklist were conducted. Lifetime headache prevalence was high at 80.6%, migraine prevalence was 8.6% and tension headache prevalence was 10.0%. Headache and migraine prevalence was high compared with that found in other Asian studies. Factors significantly associated with headache included adolescent age (OR = 1.5 [95% CI 1.3–1.9], p 
ISSN:0333-1024
1468-2982
DOI:10.1177/0333102409356327