Table 1 Characters and burden of primary headache among school children with primary headache disorders (No = 466)
From: Impact of primary headache disorder on quality of life among school students in Kuwait
| Variables |
Total school students with primary headache n = 466 m ± SD/No (%) [CI 95%] |
Primary school students with primary headache n = 128 m ± SD/No (%) [CI 95%] |
Middle school students with primary headache n = 338 m ± SD/No (%) [CI 95%] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender: | |||
| • Male | 145 (31.12%) [27.08–35.46] | 23 (17.97%) [12.22–25.59] | 216 (63.91%) [58.65–68.85] |
| • Female | 321 (68.88%) [64.54–72.92] | 105 (82.03%) [74.41–87.78] | 122 (36.09%) [31.15–41.35] |
| Mean Age in years | 11.98 ± 2.03 | 9.22 ± 0.99 | 13.03 ± 1.16 |
| Range | 7–17 | 7–12 | 11–17 |
| Number of headache days in the last four weeks | 6.24 ± 5.18 | 5.28 ± 4.82 | 6.58 ± 5.27 |
| Duration of attacks in hours in the last four weeks | 9.12 ± 2.51 | 8.82 ± 2.16 | 9.32 ± 3.11 |
| Number of analgesic days in the last four weeks | 3.26 ± 4.20 | 3.03 ± 3.45 | 3.35 ± 4.45 |
| Severity of headache | |||
| • Not bad | 108 (23.18%) [19.57–27.22] | 27 (21.09%) [14.87–29.00] | 81 (23.96%) [19.71–28.80] |
| • Quite bad | 277(59.44%) [54.92–63.81] | 85 (86.94%) [84.68–88.91] | 192 (65.80%) [51.48–61.98] |
| • Very bad | 81 (17.38%) [14.20–21.10] | 16 (12.50%) [7.74–19.44] | 65 (19.23%) [15.37–23.78] |
| Impact of primary headache over last 4 weeks before the survey | |||
| • Mean lost school days | 1.99 ± 2.015 | 2.26 ± 0.20 | 1.92 ± 0.11 |
| • Mean days of leave school early | 0.77 ± 1.69 | 1.38 ± 0.12 | 1.79 ± 0.10 |
| • Mean days could you not do things because of headache | 2.84 ± 4.28 | 2.42 ± 0.22 | 4.78 ± 0.27 |
| • Mean lost days of parents work because of student headache | 2.00 ± 2.03 | 1.54 ± 1.00 | 2.15 ± 2.25 |