Prevalence of Migraine, Probable Migraine and Tension-Type Headache in the Croatian Population

Vuković, Vlasta; Plavec, Davor; Pavelin, Sanda; Jančuljak, Davor; Ivanković, Mira; Demarin, Vida

doi:10.1159/000310940

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“…In European countries, the past-year prevalence of dTTH ranges from 5.1 % in Eastern Europe [8] to 74.0 % in Western Europe [9]. Our results are in agreement with those of Vukovic et al, who in Croatia found a dTTH prevalence of 21.2 %, 23.2 % in women and 19.1 % in men [10]. They are not much different, either, from those recently reported by Ayzenberg et al [11], who in Russia observed a prevalence of 25.4 % for definite episodic TTH.…”

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Prevalence of tension-type headache in adult general population: the PACE study and review of the literature

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The mean global prevalence of tension-type headache (TTH) in adult is 42 %. To date, there have been no Italian studies on TTH prevalence in the adult general population. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study, called PACE (PArma CEfalea, or ''Headache in Parma''), aimed at detecting the prevalence and clinical features of primary headaches in the city of Parma's adult general population. Crude past-year prevalence for definite TTH was 19.4 % (95 % CI 16.8-21.9), namely 9.0 % (95 % CI 7.1-10.8) for infrequent TTH, 9.8 % (95 % CI 7.9-11.8) for frequent TTH, and 0.6 % (95 % CI 0.1-1) for chronic TTH. Crude prevalence for probable TTH was 2.3 % (95 % CI 1.3-3.3). Our study results indicate a TTH prevalence rate (19.4 %) at the lower limit of data ranges currently available for Western countries, and prevalence rates for infrequent forms (9 %) do not appear much different from those of frequent forms (9.8 %).

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Prevalence of tension-type headache in adult general population: the PACE study and review of the literature

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“…So they found a lower rate for migraine but a higher rate for TTH in comparison to our results. Another study from Croatia located also in the eastern bank of Europe reported a crude and lower prevalence of TTH as 21.2% [32]. It is interesting to note that both of these studies also showed relatively low prevalence rates of TTH, like in our study.…”

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One-year prevalence and the impact of migraine and tension-type headache in Turkey: a nationwide home-based study in adults

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Several studies have shown that the prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) varied between different geographical regions. Therefore, there is a need of a nationwide prevalence study for headache in our country, located between Asia and Europe. This nationwide study was designed to estimate the 1-year prevalence of migraine and TTH and analyse the clinical features, the impact as well as the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the participant households in Turkey. We planned to investigate 6,000 representative households in 21 cities of Turkey; and a total of 5,323 households (response rate of 89%) aged between 18 and 65 years were examined for headache by 33 trained physicians at home on the basis of the diagnostic criteria of the second edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II). The electronically registered questionnaire was based on the headache features, the associated symptoms, demographic and socio-economic situation and history. Of 5,323 participants (48.8% women; mean age 35.9 ± 12 years) 44.6% reported recurrent headaches during the last 1 year and 871 were diagnosed with migraine at a prevalence rate of 16.4% (8.5% in men and 24.6% in women), whereas only 270 were diagnosed with TTH at a prevalence rate of 5.1% (5.7% in men and 4.5% in women). The 1-year prevalence of probable migraine was 12.4% and probable TTH was 9.5% additionally. The rate of migraine with aura among migraineurs was 21.5%. The prevalence of migraine was highest among 35–40-year-old women while there were no differences in age groups among men and in TTH overall. More than 2/3 of migraineurs had ever consulted a physician whereas only 1/3 of patients with TTH had ever consulted a physician. For women, the migraine prevalence was higher among the ones with a lower income, while among men, it did not show any change by income. Migraine prevalence was lower in those with a lower educational status compared to those with a high educational status. Chronic daily headache was present in 3.3% and the prevalence of medication overuse headache was 2.1% in our population. There was an important impact of migraine with a monthly frequency of 5.9 ± 6, and an attack duration of 35.1 ± 72 h, but only 4.9% were on prophylactic treatment. The one-year prevalence of migraine estimated as 16.4% was similar or even higher than world-wide reported migraine prevalence figures and identical to a previous nation-wide study conducted in 1998, whereas the TTH prevalence was much lower using the same methodology with the ICHD-II criteria.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10194-011-0414-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…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).…”

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“…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.…”

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

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Hamed

Fadel

et al. 2016

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Prevalence of Migraine, Probable Migraine and Tension-Type Headache in the Croatian Population

Cited by 34 publications

References 77 publications

Prevalence of tension-type headache in adult general population: the PACE study and review of the literature

Prevalence of tension-type headache in adult general population: the PACE study and review of the literature

One-year prevalence and the impact of migraine and tension-type headache in Turkey: a nationwide home-based study in adults

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

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