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Table 1 Main characteristics of studies reporting overall headache prevalence in children and adolescents. H: Headache; Q: Questionnaire; I: Interview; ICHD: International Classification of Headache Disorders; M: Migraine; TTH: Tension Type Headache; Y:Yes; N:No

From: Primary headache epidemiology in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author (ref)

Country,

City

Design

Target

Population

Data Collection

Simple Size

Age Range

Assessment

Headache

Diagnostic Criteria

Prevalence Headache (%)

Primary Headache

Female

Male

All

M

TTH

Akyol A et al., 2007[14]

Aydın,

Turkey

Cross-sectional

School-based

2004

7721

9–17

Q

ICHD-2

87.1

79.6

83.3

Y

N

Albashtawy M et al., 2019[15]

Jordan, Mafraq

Cross-sectional

School-based

2017

754

16–18

Q

ICHD-2

-

-

67.2

Y

Y

Alp R et al., 2010[16]

Turkey,

Agri

Cross-sectional

School-based

2006

1358

11–18

I

ICHD-2

-

-

34.8

Y

Y

Ando N et al., 2007[17]

Japan

Cross-sectional

School-based

2004

6472

12–15

Q

ICHD-2

-

-

59.8

Y

N

Anttila P et al., 2002[18]

Finland, Turku

Cross-sectional

School-based

1998

1409

12

Q

ICHD-1

-

-

64.1

Y

Y

Assadi M et al., 2012[19]

USA

Cross sectional

School-based

-

309

14–18

Q

ICHD-2

88.0

-

88.0

Y

N

Barea LM et al., 1996[20]

Brazil,

Porto Alegre

Cross sectional

School-based

1993–1994

538

10–18

Q + I

ICHD-1

94.4

92.3

93.3

Y

Y

Bektaş O et al., 2015[21]

Turkey, Ankara

Cross sectional

School-based

2011–2012

5355

9–18

Q

ICHD-2

42.9

35.9

39.4

Y

Y

Blaschek A et al., 2012[22]

Germany, Munich

Cross-sectional

School-based

-

1260

15–18

Q

ICHD-2

-

-

83.1

Y

Y

Bugdayci R et al., 2005[23]

Turkey, Mersin

Cross-sectional

School-based

-

5562

8–16

Q + I

ICHD-1

52.8

46.2

49.2

N

N

Cerutti R et al., 2016[24]

Italy

Cross-sectional

School-based

2013–2014

841

10–16

Q

ICHD-3

32.6

23.7

28.1

Y

Y

Cvetković VV et al., 2014[25]

Croatia

Cross-sectional

School-based

2008

2057

14–18

Q

ICHD-2

35.1

25.2

30.1

Y

Y

Ezeala-Adikaibe B et al., 2017[26]

Nigeria, Enugu State

Cross-sectional

School-based

2016

218

10–18

Q + I

ICHD-3

53.2

44.9

49.4

N

Y

Fendrich K et al., 2007[27]

West Pomerania, Germany

Cross-sectional

School-based

2003–2004

3324

12–15

Q

ICHD-2

78.9

59.5

69.4

Y

Y

Fuh JL et al., 2010[28]

Taiwan,

Taitung

Cross-sectional

Population

based

2005

3955

13–15

Q

ICHD-2

69.9

54.9

62.2

Y

N

Gupta R et al., 2008[29]

India

Cross-sectional

School-based

-

2235

12–18

Q

ICHD-2

60.6

55.5

57.5

Y

Y

Heinrich M et al., 2009[30]

Germany,

Hannover, Saxony

Cross-sectional

Population

based

2003–2004

3833

9–14

Q

ICHD-2

68.5

62.0

66.3

Y

Y

Hommer R et al., 2022[31]

United States

Cross-sectional

Population

based

2001–2004

10,123

13–18

Q + I

ICHD-3

32.2

21.8

26.9

Y

N

Kaltseis K et al., 2022[32]

Austria-Italy, North-Tyrol and Bruneck

Cross-sectional

School-based

2015–2018

1923

14–18

I

ICHD-3

56.4

37.6

48.4

Y

Y

Kawatu N et al., 2022[33]

Zambia, Lusaka, Copperbelt

Cross-sectional

School-based

2017–2018

1474

12–17

Q

ICHD-3

-

-

87.3

Y

Y

Krogh AB et al., 2015[34]

Norway,

Sør-Trøndelag

Cross-sectional

School-based

2011–2012

488

12–18

Q + I

ICHD-3

93.8

79.7

88.0

Y

Y

Lateef T et al., 2019[35]

USA

Cross-sectional

School-based, Population

based

2001–2004

10,123

13–18

Q + I

ICHD-3

16.3

9.4

12.7

N

N

Lipton RB et al., 2011[36]

USA

Cross-sectional

Population

based

-

24,712

12–17

Q + I

ICHD-2

-

-

39.5

N

N

Liu HY et al., 2012[37]

Taiwan, Taitung

Cross-sectional

School-based

2009

663

12–15

Q

ICHD-2

65.8

46.6

56.0

Y

Y

Lu S et al., 2000[38]

Taiwan

Cross-sectional

Population

based

1998–1999

4064

13–15

Q + I

ICHD-1

87.9

81.3

84.6

Y

N

Luvsannorov O et al., 2020[39]

Mongolia

Cross-sectional

School-based

2018

4226

12–17

Q

ICHD-3

-

-

80.7

Y

Y

Malik HA et al., 2012[40]

India, Srinagar

Cross-sectional

School-based

-

5000

8–18

Q

ICHD-2

79.3

50.9

66.4

Y

Y

Ofovwe G et al., 2010[41]

Nigeria, Benin

Cross-sectional

School-based

2008

1679

11–18

Q

ICHD-2

25.5

14.0

19.5

Y

Y

Philipp J et al., 2019[42]

Austria

Cross-sectional

School-based

-

3386

10–18

Q

ICHD-3

82.1

67.7

75.7

Y

Y

Pothrnann R et al., 1994[43]

Germany, Wuppertal, Mettmann

Cross-sectional

School-based

1989–1991

4835

8–16

Q

ICHD-1

91.4

87.2

88.1

Y

Y

Raieli V et al., 1995[44]

Italy,

Palermo

Cross-sectional

School-based

1988–1989

1445

11–14

Q + I

ICHD-1

28.1

19.9

23.9

Y

N

Turkdogan D et al., 2006[45]

Istanbul, Maltepe

Cross-sectional

School-based

2003

2504

10–17

I

ICHD-2

-

-

19.3

Y

Y

Togha M et al., 2022[46]

Iran

Cross-sectional

School-based

2018–2019

3244

11–17

Q

ICHD-3

72.7

69.0

70.9

Y

Y

Torres-Ferrus M et al., 2019[47]

Spain, Catalonia

Cross-sectional

School-based

2015–2016

1619

12–18

Q

ICHD-3

35.1

25.5

30.5

N

N

Waldie KE et al., 2014[48]

New Zealand, Auckland

Case–control

Population

based

1995–2010

617

11

I

ICHD-3

-

-

42.8

Y

Y

Zwart JA et al., 2003[49]

Norway

Cross-sectional

School-based

1995–1997

5847

12–18

Q + I

ICHD-1

84.2

69.4

76.8

Y

Y