苏丹东部青少年中初级头痛疾病的患病率和相关因素:基于社区的横截面研究
Saeed M Omar1, Osman M Osman1, Abdullah Al-Nafeesah2
1Faculty of Medicine, Gadarif University, Gadarif, Sudan.
Frontiers in neurology
|May 2, 2024
概括
初级头痛疾病影响苏丹东部五分之一的青少年,女性和老年青少年的患病率更高. 这项研究提供了关于青少年头痛的关键数据,在一个研究有限的地区.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 头痛疾病是全球残疾的主要原因之一.
- 在非洲,特别是苏丹,关于青少年头痛的数据很少.
- 这项研究解决了缺乏关于苏丹青少年头痛患病率的公布数据的问题.
研究的目的:
- 确定苏丹东部青少年 (10-19岁) 中初级头痛疾病的患病率.
- 在这个人群中确定与主要头痛疾病相关的因素.
- 在以前研究不足的地区,为青少年头痛提供重要的流行病学数据.
主要方法:
- 一项基于社区的横截面研究在苏丹东部的加达里夫进行.
- 通过问卷收集青少年的社会人口统计数据.
- 头痛诊断使用了国际头痛疾病分类-III (β版本) 的标准;多变量分析确定了相关因素.
主要成果:
- 在401名青少年中,有20.2%的人报告了初级头痛障碍.
- 没有光环的偏头痛 (8.2%),有光环的偏头痛 (4.0%) 和紧张型头痛 (3.5%) 是最常见的.
- 患病率在女性 (67.9%) 显著高于男性 (32.1%),并且与年龄和女性性别的增加有关.
结论:
- 苏丹东部约有五分之一的青少年患有主要头痛疾病.
- 在这个人群中,女性性别和年龄较大是主要头痛疾病的重要风险因素.
- 这些发现突显了苏丹青少年中头痛疾病的负担,并为有针对性的公共卫生战略提供了信息.
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