Prevalence of headache in children of a school from Curitiba, Brazil, comparing data obtained from children and parents

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

SÉrgio Antoniuk²  Marcelo Felipe Kozak¹  Leandro Michelon¹  MÁrio Rodrigues MontemÓr Netto¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Paraná Hospital de Clínicas Departamento de PediatriaCuritiba,Brasil

关键词: headache;    schoolchildren;    epidemiology;    cefaléia;    escolares;    epidemiologia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X1998000500005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study analyzed prevalence, frequency and cause of headache among 460 children ranging from 10 to 14 years-old from a Brazilian school. A questionnaire was handed both to children and parents to know if there would be differences among children and parental reports. The lifetime prevalence of headache was 93.5% (children reports) and 93.3% (parental reports). The last year prevalence was 90% (children) and 89.8% (parents). Headache episodes were frequent in 17.6% (children) and 18.5% (parents). The most often reported cause was "flu" (39.1% by children, and 46.7% by parents). This study demonstrated that the prevalence of headache in children is high; moreover, there were noted few differences between data obtained from children and parents. So, we could say that when the objective of a epidemiologic study is to determine the prevalence of headache in children, both children and parental reports may be used.

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