Migraine, tension-type headache and medication-overuse headache in a large population of shift working nurses: a cross-sectional study in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate associations between different types of headaches and shift work.

Design, participants and outcome measures

Nurses with different work schedules (day work, two-shift rotation, night work, three-shift rotation) participated in a cohort study with annual surveys that started in 2008/2009. In 2014 (wave 6), a comprehensive headache instrument was included in the survey, in which 1585 nurses participated. Headaches were assessed according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders IIIb. Frequent headache (≥1 day per month), migraine, tension-type headache, chronic headache (headache >14 days per month) and medication-overuse headache (chronic headache + acute headache medication ≥10 days last month) comprised the dependent variables. Adju

SUBMITTER: Bjorvatn B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252763 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature