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Title: | Cross-Sectional Study of Headache in Flemish Children and Adolescents | Authors: | MINGELS, Sarah GRANITZER, Marita |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Source: | Child Neurology Open, 9 | Abstract: | Background: Although headache is common in pediatrics, data for the Flemish population are missing. We explored headache-prevalence, and its association with communication-technology (CT) and physical activity (PA) in Flemish children and adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional exploratory school-based questionnaire study was designed. Flemish boys and girls (5-18 years) completed a symptom-questionnaire. Primary outcomes: sociodemographic background, headache-prevalence, headache-characteristics, CT-use and PA characteristics (self-report). Secondary outcomes: associations between headache-characteristics, age, gender, and CT-use and PA-characteristics. Results: Four hundred twenty-four questionnaires were analysed: 5-7-years: n = 58; 8-11-years: n = 84; 12-15-years: n = 137; 16-18-years: n = 145. Fifty-five percent suffered from headache. Prevalence increased with age. More 16-18-year girls versus boys had headache. CT-use was the main headache-provocateur. Headache prevalence was significantly higher in a frequently physical active population. Conclusion: Our results suggest presence of headache in Flemish children and adolescents. PA-level associates with headache prevalence. However, children and adolescents with headache did not report more CT-use compared to controls. | Keywords: | headache;child;adolescent | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/38998 | ISSN: | 2329-048X | e-ISSN: | 2329-048X | DOI: | 10.1177/2329048X22114078 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | vabb 2024 |
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