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Weekend Headaches in School-Age Children

Daniel Triadou1, Yoel Bar-Shalom1, Mordechai Pollak1,2

  • 1Pediatric Department, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 3104802, Israel.

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 11, 2024
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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Headache Medicine
  • Child Psychology

Background:

  • Primary headaches are common in children, with daily routines influencing their occurrence.
  • Understanding headache patterns in children is crucial for effective management.
  • This study differentiates between weekend headaches (WH) and midweek headaches (MWH).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To profile children experiencing headaches on weekends versus midweek.
  • To compare headache types and associated factors between WH and MWH groups.
  • To identify potential differences in learning difficulties and triggers.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective questionnaire-based study of 60 children from a pediatric headache clinic.
  • Analysis of headache occurrence (weekend vs. midweek).
  • Comparison of headache types (migraine, tension-type, mixed) and presence of learning difficulties.

Main Results:

  • No children experienced headaches exclusively on weekends; 23% had headaches exclusively midweek.
  • Children without learning difficulties predominantly experienced midweek headaches (79%) compared to weekend headaches (21%).
  • Migraine was the most common headache type (60%); no significant difference in self-reported triggers between WH and MWH patients.

Conclusions:

  • Children do not exclusively suffer from weekend headaches.
  • Learning difficulties may influence headache timing, with more MWH in children without these difficulties.
  • Accurate profiling of headache types and triggers is essential for improved pediatric headache management.

Keywords:
headachelearning difficultiestriggersweekend headache

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