- HEADACHE IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
- Open Access
Headache disorders as risk factors for sleep disturbances in school aged children
The Journal of Headache and Pain20056:204
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-005-0204-z
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2005
Published: 20 July 2005
Abstract
Several epidemiological studies have shown the presence of comorbidity between various types of sleep disorders and different headache subtypes. Migraine without aura is a sensitive risk factor for disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep (odds ratio (OR) 8.2500), and chronic tension–type headache for sleep breathing disorders (OR 15.231), but headache disorder is a cumulative risk factor for disorders of excessive somnolence (OR 15.061). This result has not been reported in the clinical literature.
Key words
- Sleep
- Excessive diurnal sleepiness
- Headaches
- Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children
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