OBJECTIVES To empirically evaluate a minimal therapist contact CD-ROM pain management program for recurrent pediatric headache developed as part of this study. METHODS Participants were 37 children aged 7-12 attending a pediatric neurology clinic for evaluation of recurrent headache. Children who were randomly assigned to the treatment group worked through the CD-ROM program on home computers...

The frequency and significance of headache in children and adolescent has been drawing more attention nowadays. Similarly, growing body of data is being collected on the quality of life of headache in children and adolescent to which increased attention is paid. Compared with other chronic disorders, headache in children has more negative effect on school performance, as well as emotional statu...

[Purpose] Present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between sleep bruxism and headache in school children. [Subjects and Methods] This study was conducted with 103 children aged 3-6 years. The exclusion criteria were early tooth loss, dental appliance was used, physical or psychological limitations, chronic disease and continuous medication. Sleep bruxism was diagnosed based on an indica...

BACKGROUND Chronic daily headache (CDH) in children has been documented in general and clinical populations. Comorbid psychological conditions, risk factors and functional outcomes of CDH in children are not well understood. OBJECTIVES To examine anxiety and depression, associated risk factors and school outcomes in a clinical population of youth with CDH compared with youth with episodic hea...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study is to determine parents' awareness of their children's headaches and to evaluate some of the factors that affect this awareness. METHODS The subjects of the study are 2601 children who were diagnosed with headache. Data on the children and the parents was collected using a detailed data form. The diagnosis of headache in children was made on the basis of...

Abstract Background Some researches have shown the association between iron deficiency and migraine headache in adults. The aim of present study was to evaluate efficacy of ferrous sulfate treatment on migraine headaches of 5-15 years old migraineur children with iron deficiency. Materials and Methods In a quasi- experimental study, monthly frequency, seve...

Background Although the development of effective and safe treatments for prophylaxis of migraine headaches represents an important public health concern, only a few medications have been approved by the specific treatment of patients with migraine. We aimed to compare the efficacy of cinnarizine with propranolol in the prophylaxis of pediatric migraine headache. Materials and Methods  In a Ran...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association of childhood headache disorders with markers of risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. DESIGN Information was collected on severe or recurrent headache or migraine in childhood or adolescence and on biomarkers predictive of vascular disease. SETTING The National Health and Nutrition Survey, a nationally representative health survey. PARTI...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of headache, its different patterns and associated symptoms in school children. METHODS A population based, cross-sectional, questionnaire study, followed by interviews of selected cases and their opthalmoscopic examination was conducted in eight secondary schools from different parts of Karachi to cover all socioeconomic groups. A total of 1211 school ch...