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Table 5 Headache yesterday (HY) and lost school time yesterday, overall and by headache type (N = 2505)

From: The burden attributable to headache disorders in children and adolescents in Lithuania: estimates from a national schools-based study

Headache type

n

Headache yesterday

Proportion reporting HY

n (%)

Intensity of HY

scale 1–3a

(mean ± SD)

Missed school day yesterday

n (% of those reporting HY)

Actual

Predicted

All headache

1858

438 (23.6)

1.6 ± 0.7

62 (14.2)

46 (10.6)

Migraine

519

160 (30.8)

1.8 ± 0.7

28 (17.5)

18 (11.4)

Tension-type headache

605

127 (21.0)

1.5 ± 0.6

16 (12.6)

12 (9.5)

Probable medication-overuse headache

18

13 (72.2)

2.2 ± 0.7

1 (7.7)

4 (30.8)

Other headache on ≥15 days/month

73

58 (79.5)

1.8 ± 0.6

4 (6.9)

4 (6.9)

Undifferentiated headache

601

68 (11.3)

1.1 ± 0.3

11 (16.2)

6 (8.8)

  1. aEquating 1–3 to the reported categories “mild”, “moderate” and “severe”, and treating as continuous data