Prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache among adults in Jordan

Abstract

Here, we investigated the prevalence of headache among adults in Jordan. The study was conducted from January 2007 to November 2008. A sample of 4,836 participants were permitted to complete a self-conducted screening questionnaire. As much as 82.3% of participants complained from headache at least once per year. 36.1% were tension-type headache and 59% of the participants had other family members who suffered from headache. Headaches affected everyday activities in 51.6% of the participants; 82.7% of participants did not seek medical attention for their headaches. Among those who used analgesics (75.6%), acetaminophen was the most common (91.43%). In conclusion, headache and overuse of analgesics were prevalent in a significant part of the society. Thus, there is a need to educate the public to ensure safe practices and to make the use and selling of analgesics more stringent.

Prevalence of Primary Headaches in an Urban Slum in Enugu South East Nigeria: A Door‐to‐Door Survey

“…As expected, the prevalence of migraine was higher in females than in males with a ratio of 1:1.5, similar to the continental average . Migraine without aura in this study takes the higher proportion of migraine headache, which is 71.1%, and that of migraine with aura was 28.9% of migraine headache in general; this is true in most studies …”

“…Prevailing poor living conditions in the slum and stressing factors, which may precipitate/perpetuate headache such as high rates of infections, injury, and substance abuse, all may be contributory. The peak decade of migraine (30‐39 years) is similar to previously documented population‐based reports . A study from Rural Benin showed a lifetime prevalence of migraine of 4.6% and 1.8% among people aged 20‐29 and 30 and above, findings that are less than that reported in this study.…”

“…The prevalence of TTH was higher than the prevalence range previously reported from studies conducted in sub‐Saharan Africa, but within the global range 12‐78% and reports from the Middle East (11‐39%). A close look at Tables and show that the lifetime prevalence of TTH peaked in 30‐39 years and 60‐69 years for males (similar to migraine) and 60‐69 years for females.…”

Migraine in Assiut Governorate, Egypt: epidemiology, risk factors, comorbid conditions and predictors of change from episodic to chronic migraine

“…1-6, 8-11, 13 Migraine can affect people at any age but its highest prevalence was reported between ages of 35-45 years regardless of gender. [8][9][10][11]13 However, during the most reproductive years, the prevalence of migraine was reported to be threefold higher in women than in men. [13][14][15] Migraine is common in all ethnic groups.…”

“…It has been reported that the vast majority of headaches are migraine and tension-type headache (TTH). [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Migraine is a neurovascular disorder in which cortical spreading depression, neurogenic inflammation, and cranial vascular contractile dysfunction are shared in its pathophysiology. For migraine with aura (MA), reduction in cerebral blood flow is associated with depolarization wave that propagates across the brain cortex (cortical spreading depression).…”