title: Prevalence of headache among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China.
abstract: The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of headache subtypes and headache-specific disability among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China, and to assess the validity and reliability of the ID-migraine questionnaire in this population. Of 4812 students who completed the questionnaire, 466 (9.68%) had experienced a headache in the past 3 months. Of the 466 headache sufferers, 44.85% were classified as having migraine. The proportion of migraine varied with age from 23.29% to 43.48%, and high proportions were found at ages 14 years and 15 years. The average proportion of: tension-type headache was 29.18%, and the proportions of cluster and other headache were 6.22% and 19.74%, respectively. According to the Paediatric Migraine Disability Assessment Score classification, the percentage of headache sufferers with grade I disability ranged from 40.54% to 71.43% across age groups and was 61.24% overall. The overall sensitivity of the ID-migraine screening questionnaire was 39.71% and the specificity was 46.63%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Shanghai No. 5 Hospital, 801 Heqing Road, Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Ya-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li-Gang
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yong-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Li-Wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Chuan-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population