Prevalence and burden of headache in children and adolescents in Austria – a nationwide study in a representative sample of pupils aged 10–18 years

Philipp, Julia; Zeiler, Michael; Wöber, Christian; Wagner, Gudrun; Karwautz, Andreas F. K.; Steiner, Timothy J.; Wöber-Bingöl, Çiçek

doi:10.1186/s10194-019-1050-8

Table 2 Prevalence (% [95% confidence interval]) of headache type (N = 3386) by gender and school grade

From: Prevalence and burden of headache in children and adolescents in Austria – a nationwide study in a representative sample of pupils aged 10–18 years

Headache type	Total sample	Girls					Boys
Headache type	Total sample	Total	5th grade	7th grade	9th grade	11th grade	Total	5th grade	7th grade	9th grade	11th grade
UdH	26.1 [24.6;27.6]	26.5 [24.5;28.5]	32.8 [26.8;38.8]	31.5 [27.1;35.9]	23.7 [20.4;27.0]	23.3 [19.8;26.8]	25.5 [23.3;27.7]	23.8 [18.6;29.0]	31.2 [26.8;35.6]	22.4 [18.5;26.3]	23.7 [19.4;28.0]
All migraine	24.2 [22.8;25.6]	28.1 [26.1;30.1]	18.1 [13.2;23.0]	23.1 [19.1;27.1]	31.4 [27.8;35.0]	32.5 [28.6;36.4]	19.5 [17.5;21.5]	17.2 [12.6;21.8]	21.2 [17.3;25.1]	18.8 [15.2;22.4]	19.9 [15.8;24.0]
Definite migraine	6.3 [5.5;7.1]	6.9 [5.8;8.0]	10.1 [6.3;13.9]	5.3 [3.2;7.4]	5.3 [3.6;7.0]	8.7 [6.4;11.0]	5.5 [4.3;6.7]	10.9 [7.1;14.7]	4.7 [2.7;6.7]	4.1 [2.7;6.7]	4.3 [2.2;6.4]
Probable migraine	18.0 [16.7;19.3]	21.2 [19.3;23.1]	8.0 [4.5;11.5]	17.8 [14.2;21.4]	26.1 [22.7;29.5]	23.8 [20.3;27.3]	14.0 [12.2;15.8]	6.3 [3.3;9.3]	16.5 [13.0;20.0]	14.7 [11.4;18.0]	15.6 [11.9;19.3]
All TTH	21.6 [20.2;23.0]	22.4 [20.5;24.3]	14.3 [9.8;18.8]	23.1 [19.1;27.1]	22.0 [18.8;25.2]	25.6 [22.0;29.2]	20.7 [18.6;22.8]	15.6 [11.6;20.1]	18.1 [14.5;21.7]	20.4 [16.6;24.2]	27.4 [22.9;31.9]
Definite TTH	15.1 [13.9;16.3]	15.2 [13.6;16.8]	8.4 [4.9;11.9]	14.4 [11.1;17.7]	15.0 [12.2;17.8]	19.0 [15.8;22.2]	14.9 [13.1;16.7]	12.9 [8.8;17.0]	13.7 [10.4;17.0]	13.1 [10.0;16.2]	19.9 [15.8;24.0]
Probable TTH	6.5 [5.7;7.3]	7.2 [6.0;8.4]	5.9 [2.9;8.9]	8.8 [6.1;11.5]	7.0 [5.0;9.0]	6.6 [4.5;8.7]	5.7 [4.5;6.9]	2.7 [0.7;4.7]	4.4 [2.5;6.3]	7.2 [4.8;9.6]	7.5 [4.8;10.2]
All H15+	3.0 [2.4;3.6]	4.1 [3.2;5.0]	4.2 [1.6;6.8]	3.0 [1.4;4.6]	5.5 [3.7;7.3]	3.2 [1.7;4.7]	1.7 [1.0;2.4]	0.8 [0.0;1.9]	1.4 [0.3;2.5]	2.3 [0.9;3.7]	1.9 [0.5;3.3]
pMOH	0.9 [0.6;1.2]	1.0 [0.5;1.5]	0.4 [0.0;1.2]	0.5 [0.0;1.2]	1.2 [0.4;2.0]	1.4 [0.4;2.4]	0.9 [0.4;1.4]	0.8 [0.0;1.9]	0.5 [0.0;1.2]	1.4 [0.3;2.5]	0.8 [0.0;1.7]
Other H15+	2.0 [1.5;2.5]	3.0 [2.2;3.8]	3.8 [1.4;6.2]	2.5 [1.0;4.0]	4.2 [2.6;5.8]	1.8 [0.7;2.9]	0.8 [0.3;1.3]	0.0	0.9 [0.0;1.8]	0.9 [0.0;1.8]	1.1 [0.0;2.2]
Unclassifiable	0.7 [0.4;1.0]	1.0 [0.5;1.5]	1.3 [0.0;2.7]	1.6 [0.4;2.8]	0.8 [0.1;1.5]	0.7 [0.0;1.4]	0.4 [0.1;0.7]	0.4 [0.0;1.2]	0.5 [0.0;1.2]	0.5 [0.0;1.2]	0.3 [0.0;0.9]

UdH Undifferentiated headache, TTH Tension-type headache, H15+ Headache on ≥15 days/month, pMOH Probable medication-overuse headache (see text)

Back to article page

ISSN: 1129-2377

Contact us

Submission enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Contact us