title: An epidemiological study of headache among the Monks of Athos (Greece).
abstract: The Monks of Athos in Greece constitute a particular group with unusual sleep schedule and specific diet. In order to study the frequency of headache among them, a special questionnaire was designed. Four hundred forty-nine monks below the age of 50 were approached, 39 of whom suffered from frequent (more than one episode per month, in the last 6 months) headaches (8.68%). The prevalence of migraine was 1.78% (0.66% with aura and 1.11% without) and of tension-type headache 3.34% (1.33% chronic and 2% episodic). Furthermore, 1.87% of monks suffered from mixed headaches (tension-type and migraine attacks as well). Cluster headache was not traced.
authors.affiliation: Athens University, Medical School, Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Mitsikostas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gatzonis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilias
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papageorgiou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000453:epidemiology