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Table 6 Emotional impact and quality of life, 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

Emotional impact scorea

scale 0–18a

(mean ± SD)

Quality-of-life scorea

scale 0–36a

(mean ± SD)

No headache

647

25.8 ± 4.7

All headache

1858

5.2 ± 3.0

23.7 ± 5.2

Migraine

519

6.6 ± 3.0

21.9 ± 5.5

Tension-type headache

605

5.0 ± 2.7

24.0 ± 4.8

Probable medication-overuse headache

18

8.9 ± 3.2

19.2 ± 7.3

Other headache on ≥15 days/month

73

7.1 ± 2.9

20.8 ± 5.2

Undifferentiated headache

601

3.9 ± 2.5

25.4 ± 4.5

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