Original articles
The prevalence of primary headaches with abnormal eye and/or eyelid movements observed by video oculography in school age
2018 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 303-311
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2018 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 303-311
The prevalence of headache and migraine in school age is usually determined by questionnaire surveys targeting large groups. In this report, the prevalence of primary headache associated with abnormal eye and/or eyelid movements observed by video-oculogram was determined by directly questioning the patients.
Methods: The 676 subjects (female 345, male 331) consisted of patients ranging from 4 to 18 years of age who consulted and were treated for otolaryngological disorders at an ENT clinic. An otolaryngologist asked the patients whether or not they were experiencing headache and thus determined the type of primary headache according to the criteria of international classification of headache disorders. Video-oculography was performed for primary headache patients to identify any abnormal eye and/or eyelid movements. The prevalence of primary headache associated with abnormal eye and/or eyelid movements observed by video-oculogram was calculated for the total patient population and for both female and male sub-populations. The age distribution and gender differences in the prevalence were also investigated.
Results: The mean prevalence of primary headache associated with abnormal eye and/or eyelid movements observed by video-oculogram was 18.0% in the total, including 21.3% in the female and 15.1% in the male. The age distribution in prevalence was bimodal in both the total and female: the local maximum value was observed 8 and 14 years of ages, and monomodal in male: the local maximum value was 8 years of age. There were no differences in the prevalence between the genders at 13 years of younger; however, from 14 years of age and older, the prevalence in females was significantly higher than that in males.
Conclusion: The bimodal (total, female) and monomodal (male) age distribution and the gender difference regarding the prevalence of primary headache associated with abnormal eye and/or eyelid movements observed by video-oculogram in school age were estimated.
