The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headache Prevalence and Disability Worldwide
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Glostrup Hospital · +4 more institutions
Abstract
This study, which is a part of the initiative 'Lifting The Burden: The Global Campaign to Reduce the Burden of Headache Worldwide', assesses and presents all existing evidence of the world prevalence and burden of headache disorders. Population-based studies applying International Headache Society criteria for migraine and tension-type headache, and also studies on headache in general and 'chronic daily headache', have been included. Globally, the percentages of the adult population with an active headache disorder are 46% for headache in general, 11% for migraine, 42% for tension-type headache and 3% for chronic daily headache. Our calculations indicate that the disability attributable to tension-type…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 46.55
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 128
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8Topics & keywords
- Migraine
- Medicine
- Headache Disorders
- Population
- Tension headache
- Burden of disease
- International Classification of Headache Disorders
- Physical therapy