Erschienen in:
01.06.2010 | Oral Communication
Population-based pace study: headache frequency and disease perception in adult subjects with headache
verfasst von:
P. Torelli, G. Abrignani, L. Berzieri, P. Castellini, T. Ferrante, G. Lambru, L. Latte, M. Russo, S. Zani, G. C. Manzoni
Erschienen in:
Neurological Sciences
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Sonderheft 1/2010
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Abstract
Headache is a disorder that has a very negative personal and social impact. This is an observational, cross-sectional, population-based study conducted in a subject sample (n = 904) that was representative of the town of Parma’s general population aged 18 and over. The aim of this study, which is a part of a larger project, was to assess the frequency of headache and the disease perception of subjects with headache during the past year (n = 387). The average number of headache days in the past year was 34.9 days and it was comparable in men and in women: 49.9% of subjects had 1–12 days of headache in the past year, 34.9% had 1–52 days, 11.9% had 53–180 days, and 3.4% had more than 180 days. Only three subjects had headache every day during the past year. Only one-third of the subjects with headache in the past year considered themselves headache sufferers. The analysis by gender showed differences between men and women: although the average number of headache days in the past year was comparable in the male and female populations, women considered their headache a disease more often than men did. In addition, the percentage of men who considered their headache a disease did not increase with the increase in the number of headache days in the past year. More in-depth studies on this important aspect are needed.