title: [Headache incidence in a hospital community].
abstract: The purpose was to describe the main features of headache incidence in a hospital community, its frequency and the most requested medical investigation. Due to the stressful work environment, hospital is considered to hold a high-risk population. Interviews and questionnaires were utilized. Of a 1006 files, which were randomly filled out, 987 could be analyzed. Of all, 38.5% were from headache sufferers. By using a table of pain symptoms taken from the International Headache Society classification as a pattern, headaches were assigned as migraine, tension-type and other. The mean age was 31.18 and the frequency in females was higher than in males, at any type. Family occurrence in first-degree relatives was 76.8%. Frontal location, medium intensity and pulsation were the most described features. Stress was the most frequently mentioned trigger factor. A physician was consulted only by 41.3%. Cranium X-ray was the most frequently requested exam.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brasil.
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Zétola
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Nóvak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luiz
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Nita
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bubna
authors.forename: R de A
authors.initials: Rde A
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Werneck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006282:Health Personnel; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Incidência de cefaléia em uma comunidade hospitalar.