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Objective: Study the trend and dynamics of age-and gender-dependant prevalence of headache n schoolers and to determine if these attribute as plausible factors for recurrent headache.
Background: Magnitude of recurrent headache is not well explored in school-children (schoolers) particularly in developing countries, and not documented in Bangladesh, yet.
Design and/or methods: Cross-sectional population based respondent-dependent study following INternational Headache Soiety's ICHD-II (2004) recommened criteria.
Results: Overall-prevalence of Recurrent Headache among 1499 schoolers studied was 17%; being few times more in pubertal (13-15) than pre-pubertal (11-12) years-old children (p< 0.001). Migraine was observed in 55% while Tension-Type-Headache in 20% demonstrating a steady-inclining-trend with age. Gender difference was obvious in migraine (p< 0.001) but not in tension-type (p< 0.31). Older-children (OR=8.75) and boys (OR=1.8) were at potential risk for migraine and tension type headache.
Conclusions: Since RHA connote serious public health implication(s) in Bangladeshi-schoolers, mass-awareness is imperative to prevent them from being chronic, psycho-socially handicapped and economically burdened. Further in-depth studies warrant data to examine its long-term risks/underlying factors.
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Narayan, C., Anwar, K., Mollah, M. et al. Dynamics of Age and Gender-Dependant Correlates of Recurrent Headache in Bangladeshi Schoolers. Pediatr Res 70 (Suppl 5), 148 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2011.373
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2011.373