1. Prevalence and impact of headache and migraine among Pomeranians in Espirito Santo, Brazil.
- Author
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Domingues RB, Aquino CC, Santos JG, da Silva AL, and Kuster GW
- Subjects
- Adult, Brazil epidemiology, Female, Headache epidemiology, Humans, Male, Migraine Disorders epidemiology, Poland ethnology, Prevalence, Surveys and Questionnaires, Headache ethnology, Migraine Disorders ethnology
- Abstract
This is the first study to assess the prevalence of headache and migraine among Pomeranian descendents in Brazil. A high prevalence of headache in the last 6 months was found (53.2%). Most headache sufferers were diagnosed as having migraine (55%). More women reported to have headache than men (65% and 33.8%, respectively). Migraine was the most common headache found among women (62.2%). Among men migraine was responsible for only 37.8% of the cases of headache. A high impact of headache was found, especially among migraineurs. Most of the headache sufferers declared to seek medical assistance for headache (67%) and most of them used to take common analgesics for headache relief. None of them was under prophylactic therapy.
- Published
- 2006
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