title: Prevalence and impact of headache and migraine among Pomeranians in Espirito Santo, Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Renan B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.forename: Camila C H
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Aquino
authors.forename: Jasper G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: André L Pirajá
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Gustavo W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kuster
mesh_terms: 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