The vast majority of people worldwide experience headache at least once during a lifetime. Several international studies have shown that the lifetime prevalence of headache ranges from 60% to 93% in men and from 82% to 99% among women. One-year prevalence rates by gender vary greatly by country, ranging from 40% to 91% for women and 19% to 84% for men. These dramatic variations in headache prev...

Few data are available on the applicability of both the criteria proposed by Silberstein and Lipton (S-L) and the International Classification of Headache Disorders-II (ICHD-II) in the classification of children and adolescents with chronic daily headache (CDH). The International Headache Society recently added revised criteria (ICHD-IIR) for chronic migraine to its Appendix. We retrospectively...

This prospective cohort study determined the incidence and risk factors for development of postdural puncture headache (PDPH) in children after lumbar puncture (LP). Eighty-six children were enrolled. LPs were performed with use of 22-gauge spinal needles with the bevel oriented parallel to the long axis of the spine. Follow-up telephone interviews and patients' diary of symptoms were collected...

OBJECTIVE To elucidate the associations between frequent headache and psychosocial factors in childhood and to determine whether such children are at an increased risk of headache, multiple physical symptoms, and psychiatric symptoms in adulthood. DESIGN Population based birth cohort study. SETTING General population. PARTICIPANTS People participating in the national child development stu...

OBJECTIVE Longitudinal studies on headaches often focus on the identification of risk factors for headache occurrence or "chronification". This study in particular examines psychological variables as potential predictors of headache remission in children and adolescents. METHODS Data on biological, social, and psychological variables were gathered by questionnaire as part of a large populatio...

BACKGROUND Headache is the most frequent neurological symptom and the most common manifestation of pain in childhood. Estimates of the prevalence of headache in children and adolescents vary widely (depending on the setting, methodology, and diagnostic criteria applied) and the impact is not well understood. AIM To quantify the impact of headache in a school population. DESIGN OF STUDY A qu...