Essential headaches in developmental age: What is changed before, during and after the lockdown for COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Essential headache is one of the main causes of pain in children, and has an important impact on their quality of life. In children with essential headaches play an important role in both triggers like stress, excessive use of video terminals, or physical fatigue but also comorbidities like anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. CoViD-19 Pandemic was very stressful, especially for children, and amplified all headache triggers and comorbidities.

Study objective

In this work, we studied the aspects concerning the headache,lifestyle, habits, and mental health of children before, during, and after the lockdown and the differences between some categories (selected by age, gender, and headache status before the lockdown).

Methods

This study was conducted

SUBMITTER: Bonuccelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10168180 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature