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Prevalence of primary headache disorders in school-going children in Kashmir Valley (North-west India)
A Hameed Malik1, Parvaiz A Shah, Yawar Yaseen
1Post Graduate Department of Medicine (Neurology Division), Govt. Medical College and Associated S.M.H.S. Hospital (University of Kashmir), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Objective:
A prospective prevalence study of primary headache disorders in school going children (8-18 years) in Srinagar district of Kashmir valley was conducted.
Materials And Methods:
The study population comprised of a randomized sample of 5000 school going children in the age group of 8-18 years from various educational institutions of Srinagar city. A self-administered pretested questionnaire was filled by the participants and the diagnosis established by following the International Headache Society criteria (IHS) 2004.
Results:
The overall prevalence of primary headache disorders was found to be 664/1000. The prevalence of tension-type headache and migraine was found to be 50.99% and 26.98%, respectively. The prevalence revealed an upward trend with increasing age with preponderance for female sex.
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