Incidence and risk factors of chronic daily headache in young adolescents: a school cohort study

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 132; no. 1; p. e9
• Main Authors: Lu, Shiang-Ru, Fuh, Jong-Ling, Wang, Shuu-Jiun, Juang, Kai-Dih, Chen, Shih-Pin, Liao, Yi-Chu, Wang, Yen-Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Factors; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Disability Evaluation; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Headache Disorders - epidemiology; Headache Disorders - etiology; Humans; Incidence; Male; Migraine Disorders - diagnosis; Migraine Disorders - epidemiology; Neurologic Examination; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Taiwan; Tension-Type Headache - diagnosis; Tension-Type Headache - epidemiology; Taiwan; adolescence; risk factors; incidence; tension-type headache; migraine headache

This study investigated the incidence and risk factors of chronic daily headache (CDH) and its major subtypes in young adolescents. A field cohort of 3342 adolescents aged 13 to 14 was established in 3 middle schools in Taitung, Taiwan, from 2005 to 2007. Participants without CDH at baseline were an...