Prevalence and Triggering Factors of Headache Among Jordanian Adolescents in Al-Mafraq Region

Overview

Journal ScientificWorldJournal

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Nov 29

PMID 38021479

Authors

Mohammed ALBashtawy

Nisser Alhroub

Zohair Zafar

Shaher Hamaideh

Laith Al-Osoufe

Malakeh Malak

Mahmoud Bashtawi

Asem Abdalrahim

Ahmad Rayan

Sad ALBashtawy

Abdullah Alkhawaldeh

Maen Aljezawi

Mohammed Jallad

Imad Abu Khader

Bayan ALBashtawy

Muna Al-Kharabsheh

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Abstract

Aims: This study evaluates the epidemiology of headache and migraine among adolescents aged 12 to 15.

Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted to collect and analyze data from students in grades 7-10 over the course of one month, using a simple random sampling method. The overall number of participants in this study was 692, with an average age of 13.9 years (SD = 1.3). Descriptive measures and Fisher's exact test were computed. Multivariate regression was calculated to assess the predictors of headache and migraine. . Approximately one-half of the students reported having headaches: tension-type headaches (10.3%), migraines (4.8%), and other headache types (31.5%). Moreover, girl students in the age group of 14-15 reported more headaches and migraines.

Conclusion: The prevalence of headache and migraine in Jordan is high and increasing as students grow older. Health education programs led by school nurses and other healthcare practitioners are urgently needed.

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