Prevalence and impact of headache and migraine among Pomeranians in Espirito Santo, Brazil.
This is the first study to assess the prevalence of headache and migraine among Pomeranian descendents in Brazil. A high prevalence of headache in the last 6 months was found (53.2%). Most headache sufferers were diagnosed as having migraine (55%). More women reported to have headache than men (65% and 33.8%, respectively). Migraine was the most common headache found among women (62.2%). Among men migraine was responsible for only 37.8% of the cases of headache. A high impact of headache was found, especially among migraineurs. Most of the headache sufferers declared to seek medical assistance for headache (67%) and most of them used to take common analgesics for headache relief. None of them was under prophylactic therapy.
Domingues
Renan B
RB
IProjeto de Extensão em Cefaléias (Headache Program), Escola Superior de Ciências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia (EMESCAM), Vitória ES - Brasil. renan-domingues@ uol.com.br
Aquino
Camila C H
CC
Santos
Jasper G
JG
da Silva
André L Pirajá
AL
Kuster
Gustavo W
GW
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D011044:Poland / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires