Questionnaire-Based Survey during COVID-19 Vaccination on the Prevalence of Elderly's Migraine, Chronic Daily Headache, and Medication-Overuse Headache in One Japanese City-Itoigawa Hisui Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of headache disorders, migraine, chronic daily headache (CDH), and medication-overuse headache (MOH) among the elderly in Japan has not been sufficiently investigated. We performed a questionnaire-based survey and revealed 3-month headache prevalence and headaches' characteristics.

Methods

The population aged over 64 was investigated in Itoigawa during their third coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination. Migraine, MOH was defined as The International Classification of Headache Disorders Third edition. CDH was defined as a headache occurring at least 15 days per month. K-means++ were used to perform clustering.

Results

Among 2858 valid responses, headache disorders, migraine, CDH, and MOH prevalence was 11.97%, 0.91%, 1.57%, and 0.70%, respective

SUBMITTER: Katsuki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9409693 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature