Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Sep 2004)

Headache epidemiology in Vitória, Espírito Santo

  • Renan Barros Domingues,
  • Gustavo Wruck Kuster,
  • Livia Almeida Dutra,
  • Jasper Guimarães Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2004000400004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 62, no. 3a
pp. 588 – 591

Abstract

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This is the first headache survey in the region of Vitória, ES Brazil. A high prevalence of headache sufferers was found (52.8%). Headache was more common among women (63.9%) and less common among people older than 55 years old. The type of professional activity was not related with the headache prevalence. The most frequent causal attribution was stress. Most headache sufferers are not under regular medical treatment (9%), and most of them use analgesic drugs without proper orientation. The most used compounds are combinations with caffeine (33%) and simple analgesics (52.3%).

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