title: Migraine and tension-type headache triggers in a Greek population.
abstract: Migraine and tension type headache are the two most common primary headaches. The purpose of this study was to detect differences in clinical characteristics and headache triggers and in a Greek cohort of 51 migraineurs and 12 patients with tension-type headache. (TTH) Migraine patients had a significantly lower age at headache onset and frequency, higher mean visual analogue scale (VAS) and greater maximum duration of headache episodes compared to TTH patients. They did not differ from (TTH) patients in quality of headache, laterality of pain, way of headache installation and progression and temporal pattern of headaches. Nausea, vomiting and phonophobia were more frequent in migraine. Triggering of headaches by dietary factors was associated with migraine, whereas there was no difference between the two groups in any of the other headache triggers. Stress, both physical and psychological, were particularly common in both patient groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Constantinides
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anagnostou
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bougea
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paraskevas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: Elisavet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kapaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Evdokimidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kararizou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D015985:Precipitating Factors; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D013732:Test Anxiety Scale; D013997:Time Factors; D064232:Visual Analog Scale; D055815:Young Adult