Clinical characteristics of headache related to epilepsy: experience from a tertiary epilepsy center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Headache is one of the most common diseases in epilepsy, with affected patients experiencing various types of headaches. This study aimed to investigate differences in headache types across epilepsy types, comparing pain levels among epilepsy patients with multiple headache types, and exploring associations between headache characteristics and epilepsy prognosis.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed consecutive adult epilepsy patients with headache, collecting comprehensive sociodemographic, epilepsy-related, and headache-related data, as well as data on headache-attributed lost time and quality of life. The overall prevalence of headache in epilepsy patients was determined, and we compared clinical characteristics, quality of life, and headache-attributed lost tim

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12105137 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature