Background
Methods
Study design
The fourth Nord-Trøndelag health survey (HUNT4)
HUNT4 sleep and pain study
Sample size calculation
Headache interview
Ethics
Statistics
Results
Men | Women | |
---|---|---|
Sex (%) | 80 (34.5) | 152 (65.5) |
Mean age in years (SD) | 59.9 (14.5) | 57.6 (14.3) |
20–29 years (%) | 4 (5.0) | 6 (3.9) |
30–39 years | 4 (5.0) | 13 (8.6) |
40–49 years | 8 (10.0) | 26 (17.1) |
50–59 years | 19 (23.8) | 32 (21.1) |
60–69 years | 22 (27.6) | 38 (25.0) |
70–79 years | 19 (23.8) | 31 (20.4) |
≥80 years | 4 (9) | 6 (3.9) |
Insomniaa (%) | 17 (21.3) | 60 (39.5) |
Chronic musculoskeletal painb (%) | 36 (45.6) | 90 (59.6) |
Lifetime prevalence of migraine
1-year prevalence of headache
Women | Men | Overall | |
---|---|---|---|
Number | 152 | 80 | 232 |
Idiopathic stabbing headache (%) (95% CI) | 41.5 (33.5 to 49.4) | 20.0 (11.0 to 29.0) | 34.1 (27.9 to 40.2) |
Headache, all types (%) (95% CI) | 78.3 (71.7 to 84.9) | 58.8 (47.7 to 69.8) | 71.6 (65.7 to 77.4) |
Headache sufferer (%) (95% CI) | 23.0 (16.3 to 29.8) | 10.0 (3.3 to 16.7) | 18.5 (13.5 to 23.6) |
Migraine (%) (95% CI) (probable migraine excluded) | 23.0 (16.3 to 29.8) | 8.8 (2.4 to 15.1) | 18.1 (13.1 to 23.1) |
Migraine with aura (%) (95% CI) | 8.6 (4.1 to 13.1) | 3.8 (0.0 to 8.0) | 6.9 (3.6 to 10.2) |
Migraine without aura (%) (95% CI) | 11.8 (6.7 to 17.0) | 3.8 (0.0 to 8.0) | 9.1 (5.3 to 12.8) |
Migraine with or without aura (%) (95% CI) | 2.6 (0.1 to 5.2) | 1.3 (0.0 to 3.7) | 2.2 (0.3 to 4.0) |
Migraine with coexisting tension-type headache | 9.9 (5.1 to 14.7) | 2.5 (0.0 to 6.0) | 7.3 (4.0 to 10.7) |
Probable migraine without aura (%) (95% CI) | 6.6 (2.6 to 10.6) | 0.0 | 4.3 (1.7 to 6.9) |
Chronic migraine (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Tension-type headache (%) (95% CI) (probable excluded) | 47.4 (39.4 to 55.4) | 35.0 (24.3 to 45.7) | 43.1 (36.7 to 49.5) |
Episodic tension-type headache (%) (95% CI) | 43.4 (35.5 to 51.4) | 33.8 (23.2 to 44.3) | 40.1 (33.7 to 46.4) |
Infrequent episodic TTH (%) (95% CI) | 18.4 (12.2 to 24.7) | 18.8 (10.0 to 27.5) | 18.5 (13.5 to 23.6) |
Frequent TTH (%) (95% CI) | 25.0 (18.0 to 32.0) | 15.0 (7.0 to 23.0) | 21.6 (16.2 to 26.9) |
Chronic tension-type headache (%) (95% CI) | 3.9 (0.8 to 7.1) | 1.2 (0.0 to 3.7) | 3.0 (0.8 to 5.2) |
Probable tension-type headache (%) (95% CI) | 1.3 (0.0 to 3.2) | 1.3 (0.0 to 3.7) | 1.3 (0.0 to 2.8) |
Cervicogenic headache (%) (95% CI) | 4.6 (1.2 to 8.0) | 2.5 (0.0 to 6.0) | 3.9 (1.4 to 6.4) |
Medication overuse headache (%) (95% CI) | 1.3 (0–3.2) | 0.0 | 0.9 (0–2.1) |
Other headachesa (%) (95% CI) | 1.3 (0.1 to 3.2) | 7.5 (1.6 to 13.4) | 3.5 (1.1 to 5.8) |
Headache yesterday
Impact of being a headache sufferer
Discussion
Comparisons with other studies
Country (ref) | Published | Age group | Number of participants | Migraine (%) | TTH (%) | CTTH (%) |
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(Year) | (Year) | |||||
Denmark [1] | 1991 | 25–64 | 740 | 10 | 74 | 3 |
Spain [2] | 1999 | 15+ | 135 | – | – | 2.2 |
Denmark [4]a | 2005 | 25–36 | 207 | 15.5 | 86.5 | 4.8 |
Norway [5]b,c | 2008 | 30–44 | 633 | – | – | 2.9 |
Norway [6] | 2008 | 20–84 | 297 | 17.2 | 51.9 | 3.7 |
2012/2015 | 18+ | 904 | 24.7 | 19.4 | 0.6 | |
Egypt [9]d | 2016 | 5+ | 4700 | 10.5 | – | – |
Norway | Present study | 22–89 | 232 | 18.1 | 43.1 | 3.0 |