Headache Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Their Association With Psychological, Behavioral, and Socio‐Environmental Factors

Kröner‐Herwig, Birgit; Gaßmann, Jennifer

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02210.x

Cited by 61 publications

(51 citation statements)

References 68 publications

(132 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Kroner-Herwig and Gassmann found that primary headaches were significantly higher among females. 23 This is similar to this analysis in which significantly more female students reported suffering from headaches than male students.…”

Section: Demographic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 78%

Secondary analysis on self-reported headaches among male and female school adolescents

Galal

Abo-Elkheir

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

INTRODUCTIONApproximately one-fifth of the world's populations are adolescents (10-19 years) with more than 80% living in developing countries. Adolescents represent 22% of the Egyptian population.1 Adolescence period is a critical stage of life marked by physical, psychological and social changes. It is a transitional foundational period of development that is liable to change from a neurobiological, behavioral, and psychosocial perspective.2 Headache refers to a pain in the area of the head as an outcome of an interaction of biological, psychological or social factors. It is one of the most mentioned health complaints in adolescents. Globally, around 60% of children and adolescents are liable to headache and may have attacks of variable frequency. Pre-pubescent boys are more frequently affected than pre-pubescent girls, however, after the onset of puberty, headaches occur more frequently in girls. 4 A systematic review of population-based studies on headaches and migraines in children and adolescents estimated that the prevalence of headaches and migraines ranges between 58.4% and 7.7%; adolescent females ABSTRACT Background: Recurrent headaches might be an indication of an underlying disease. It could interfere with the quality of life, school attendance and performance, and daily activities. This study aims to identify factors associated to headaches among male and female adolescents. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of a sample of 548 adolescents of a data set of 863 adolescent students aged 12 to 18 years assessed through a self-administered health questionnaire. The primary survey design was a multistage stratified random sample from preparatory and secondary schools in Cairo and rural areas in Qaliubia governorate, Egypt. No distinction was made between primary and secondary headache. Around 65% of the primary data base was randomly selected by SPSS. Taking gender into consideration, adolescents suffering from at least one headache a week (342) were compared with those who had no complaints of a headache (206). Results: Headaches were reported among 62.4% of the adolescents studied with a significantly higher number of female than male students reporting headaches; 69.9% versus 55.8%. Adolescent males and females with headaches have significantly more weekly symptoms of any disease than those without (18.7% versus 6.8%). They also suffer significantly more abdominal pain, sleep disturbance, feelings of nervousness or dizziness. Significantly more adolescent females (29.1%) suffer from chronic headaches (4-7 times/week) than their male counterparts (8%). Conclusions: Adolescents who play sports have significantly fewer headaches. The most relevant factors associated with headaches with binary regression were dizziness (OR=2), abdominal pain (OR=1.34), sleep disturbance (OR=1.25), and feeling nervous (OR=1.24).

show abstract

Section: Demographic Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 78%

Secondary analysis on self-reported headaches among male and female school adolescents

Galal

Abo-Elkheir

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Previous studies on adolescents also found associations between the prevalence of TMD and sex, 9,12,43 and an association between pubertal development and TMD pain both in boys and in girls has been observed. 43 Girls seem to be more likely to report HAs compared with boys 15,23,29,43,44 and it is speculated that a combination of developmental and hormonal changes would be responsible for increasing HAs in girls after menarche. 45 However, this hypothesis was not confirmed in the present study because statistical differences were not found when comparing girls before and after menarche either for the presence of painful TMD or for HAs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…If this is the case, then biopsychosocial factors that may underlie these differences in prevalence should be further explored for TMD as they were for HA. 23 HAs are one of the most common symptoms reported by TMD patients, 31 justifying the high degree of association between HAs and painful TMD. Two hypotheses could explain the significant association between TMD and HAs in the sample of the present study.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Headache Associated With Temporomandibular Disorders Among Young Brazilian Adolescents

Franco

Fernandes

Gonçalves

et al. 2014

The Clinical Journal of Pain

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) clinical manifestations, disease behaviors and future outcomes are also under the impact of this dysfunction. also adopted in many pain related disorders such as migraine, tension headache, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyalgia [28,29] . Thereafter, a concept of central sensitivity syndromes is proposed to unite these comorbidities that apparently share the same biopsychosocial dysfunction [30,31] .…”

Section: Biopsychosocial Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Irritable bowel syndrome: The evolution of multi-dimensional looking and multidisciplinary treatments

Chang¹

2014

WJG

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common in the society. Among the putative pathogeneses, gut dysmotility results in pain and disturbed defecation. The latter is probably caused by the effect of abnormal gut water secretion. The interaction between abnormal gas accumulation, abdominal pain and bloating remains controversial. Visceral hypersensitivity and its modification along with the central transmission are the characteristics of IBS patients. The identification of biologic markers based on genetic polymorphisms is undetermined. Imbalanced gut microbiota may alter epithelial permeability to activate nociceptive sensory pathways which in turn lead to IBS. Certain food constituents may exacerbate bowel symptoms. The impact of adult and childhood abuses on IBS is underestimated. Using the concept of biopsychosocial dysfunction can integrate multidimensional pathogeneses. Antispasmodics plus stool consistency modifiers to treat the major symptoms and defecation are the first-line drug treatment. New drugs targeting receptors governing bowel motility, sensation and secretion can be considered, but clinicians must be aware of their potential serious side effects. Psychiatric drugs and modalities may be the final options for treating intractable subjects. Probiotics of multi-species preparations are safe and worth to be considered for the treatment. Antibiotics are promising but their long-term safety and effectiveness are unknown. Diet therapy including exclusion of certain food constituents is an economic measure. Using relatively safe complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) may be optional to those patients who failed classical treatment. In conclusion, IBS is a heterogeneous disorder with multidimensional pathogeneses. Personalized medicines with multidisciplinary approaches using different classes of drugs, psychiatric measures, probiotics and antibiotics, dietary therapy, and finally CAMs, can be considered.

show abstract

Headache Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Their Association With Psychological, Behavioral, and Socio‐Environmental Factors

Abstract: A common path model as posited by several researchers in the field may explain the parallelism in biopsychosocial vulnerability regarding the different headache disorders.

Cited by 61 publications

References 68 publications

Secondary analysis on self-reported headaches among male and female school adolescents

Secondary analysis on self-reported headaches among male and female school adolescents

Headache Associated With Temporomandibular Disorders Among Young Brazilian Adolescents

Irritable bowel syndrome: The evolution of multi-dimensional looking and multidisciplinary treatments

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About