Epidemiology of headache in Arab countries

Table 1 The lifetime prevalence of headache and migraine (%) in Arab countries

Author (year)	Country	Study duration in months	Study population	Study type	Sample size	Response rate	Prevalence (%)
Author (year)	Country	Study duration in months	Study population	Study type	Sample size	Response rate	Headache	Migraine	Tension headache	Mixed migraine and tension headache	Unclassifiable headache
Al Rajeh et al. [3]	Saudi Arabia	6	All population	Two-phase community-based study^a	16,672	–	12.1 (15.9)^b	5.0	9.5	2.4	–
Jabbar and Ogunniyi [2]	Saudi Arabia	6	Adult population (>15 year old)	Face-to-face questionnaire interviews, door-to-door household visit, community based	5,891	–	8.0	2.6	3.1	2.3	–
Deleu et al. [5]	Oman	24	Population (>10-year old)	Face-to-face questionnaire interviews, door-to-door household visit, community based	1,158	99%	83.6 (78.8)^c	10.1	11.2	16	62.7
Bener [4]	Qatar	3	Adult population (>15-year old)	Face-to-face questionnaire interviews, cross-sectional primary healthcare clinic based	1,200	76%	72.5	7.9	–	–	–

^aThe first phase screened the whole community to identify people with possible neurological diseases; the second phase is evaluation by a neurologist for of all people who screened positive from the first phase
^bAge adjustment
^cLast year prevalence

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