The global burden of headache: a documentation of headache prevalence and disability worldwide

LJ Stovner, K Hagen, R Jensen, Z Katsarava… - …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This study, which is a part of the initiative'Lifting The Burden: The Global Campaign to
Reduce the Burden of Headache Worldwide', assesses and presents all existing evidence of …

How common are the “common” neurologic disorders?

D Hirtz, DJ Thurman, K Gwinn-Hardy, M Mohamed… - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To estimate the current incidence and prevalence in the United States of 12
neurologic disorders. Methods: We summarize the strongest evidence available, using data …

Epidemiology and comorbidity of headache

R Jensen, LJ Stovner - The Lancet Neurology, 2008 - thelancet.com
The burden associated with headache is a major public health problem, the true magnitude
of which has not been fully acknowledged until now. Globally, the percentage of the adult …

The epidemiology of migraine

RB Lipton, ME Bigal - The American Journal of Medicine Supplements, 2005 - Elsevier
This article provides a review of the epidemiology and risk factors for migraine in population
studies, as well as patterns for healthcare use. The burden and costs of migraine, as well as …

Epidemiology of headache

GC Manzoni, LJ Stovner - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2010 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies conducted in the general population point to average headache
prevalence rates of 46% for 1-year prevalence and of 64% for lifetime prevalence. For …

Comorbidity of migraine

AI Scher, ME Bigal, RB Lipton - Current opinion in neurology, 2005 - journals.lww.com
In this article, we will review recent developments related to migraine comorbidity. We will
emphasize findings related to the comorbidity of migraine with clinical and sub-clinical …

A nationwide population-based study of migraine in Brazil

LP Queiroz, MFP Peres, EJ Piovesan… - …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to estimate the 1-year prevalence of migraine and the degree of
the association of migraine with some sociodemographic characteristics of a representative …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of headache may be related with the latitude: a possible role of Vitamin D insufficiency?

S Prakash, NC Mehta, AS Dabhi, O Lakhani… - The journal of headache …, 2010 - Springer
According to recent observations, there is worldwide vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) in various
populations. A number of observations suggest a link between low serum levels of vitamin D …

Primary headache disorders in Latin America and the Caribbean: A meta-analysis of population-based studies

K Pacheco-Barrios, V Velasquez-Rimachi… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background In this manuscript, we aim to systematically estimate the pooled prevalence and
incidence of primary headaches and its subtypes (migraine, tension-type headache, and …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and comorbidity of migraine headache: results from the Singapore Mental Health Study 2016

A Jeyagurunathan, E Abdin, JA Vaingankar… - Social psychiatry and …, 2020 - Springer
Background and aim Migraine is a highly prevalent and disabling neurological disorder
associated with a wide range of psychiatric comorbidities. Studies have revealed that those …