Cost assessment of headache in childhood and adolescence: preliminary data.
Headache, and in particular migraine, is a common disturbance in childhood and adolescence. The disabling nature of headache, evident in the adult, together with its effects on family life and reduction in performance of scholastic activity, make it a disease with an elevated social economic impact. We present preliminary results of a prospective study conducted over 6 months on a population of headache sufferers in childhood and adolescence who referred to our Juvenile Neuropsychiatry Centre of the Hospital of Perugia. Our objective was to quantify the direct and indirect costs associated with juvenile headache.
Mazzotta
Giovanni
G
Juvenile Neuropsychiatry Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. mazzogio@unipg.it
Gallai
Beatrice
B
Mattioni
Alessia
A
Floridi
Francesca
F
Foti
Francesca
F
Allegretti
Mariella
M
D'Angelo
Riccarda
R
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003943:Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological / Q000191:economics; D016527:Drug Costs; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies