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Prevalence of headache in Europe: a review for the Eurolight project
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The main aim of the present study was to do an update on studies on headache epidemiology as a preparation for the multinational European study on the prevalence and burden of headache and investigate the impact of different methodological issues on the results. The study was based on a previous study, and a systematic literature search was performed to identify the newest studies. More than 50% of adults indicate that they suffer from headache in general during the last year or less, but when asked specifically about tension-type headache, the prevalence was 60%. Migraine occurs in 15%, chronic headache in about 4% and possible medication overuse headache in 1-2%. Cluster headache has a lifetime prevalence of 0.2-0.3%. Most headaches are more prevalent in women, and somewhat less prevalent in children and youth. Some studies indicate that the headache prevalence is increasing during the last decades in Europe. As to methodological issues, lifetime prevalences are in general higher than 1-year prevalences, but the exact time frame of headache (1 year, 6 or 3 months, or no time frame stated) seems to be of less importance. Studies using personal interviews seem to give somewhat higher prevalences than those using questionnaires.
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“Fourth, it is worth noting that most participants in this study were women (86%), in line with the higher prevalence of headache in women [136].”
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“As far as Europe is concerned, good data exist on migraine prevalence derived from a number of western countries [17,18].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stovner, L. J., & Andree, C.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Stovner, Lars Jacob
- ORCID
- Stovner, Lars Jacob
- Venue
- The Journal of Headache and Pain
- Published
- 2010-05-16
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 289-299
- ISSN
- 1129-2369 (ISSN-L)
- 1129-2377
- PMC
- PMC2917556
- OpenAlex
- W2084937412
- Cited by
- 580
- References
- 92
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- FWCI
- 4.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Journal of Headache and Pain (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Migraine and Headache Studies
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Keywords
- headache prevalence, tension-type headache, migraine, chronic headache, medication overuse headache, cluster headache, sex differences in headache, lifetime prevalence
- MeSH terms
- Europe, Humans, Global Health, Prevalence, Headache Disorders
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