title: Relationship between occupation and episodes of headache that match cervical origin pain patterns.
abstract: The relationship between headache that matches cervical origin pain patterns, occupation, gender, age, and hours of work is examined in a randomly sampled, never-injured population. Although gender was established as a significant factor in the association between occupation and headache, age and hours of work were shown to have no effect. Women working in managerial and professional occupations had a significantly higher risk of cervical origin headache when compared with women working in either clerical or blue collar occupations. A similar association for men was not noted.
authors.affiliation: Menzies Centre for Population Research, Hobart, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grimmer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011187:Posture; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013648:Tasmania; D016526:Workload