Prevalence of headache in children of a school from Curitiba, Brazil, comparing data obtained from children and parents.
This study analyzed prevalence, frequency and cause of headache among 460 children ranging from 10 to 14 years-old from a Brazilian school. A questionnaire was handed both to children and parents to know if there would be differences among children and parental reports. The lifetime prevalence of headache was 93.5% (children reports) and 93.3% (parental reports). The last year prevalence was 90% (children) and 89.8% (parents). Headache episodes were frequent in 17.6% (children) and 18.5% (parents). The most often reported cause was "flu" (39.1% by children, and 46.7% by parents). This study demonstrated that the prevalence of headache in children is high; moreover, there were noted few differences between data obtained from children and parents. So, we could say that when the objective of a epidemiologic study is to determine the prevalence of headache in children, both children and parental reports may be used.
Antoniuk
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Departamento de Pediatria do Hospital de Clínicas (HC) da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brasil.
Kozak
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Michelon
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Montemór Netto
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D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires