Prevalence of migraine headache in a rural area of northern Tanzania: A community-based door-to-door survey

Prevalence of migraine headache in a rural area of northern Tanzania: A community-based door-to-door survey

Our aim was to assess the 1-year prevalence of migraine headache in a rural population within the catchment area of the Haydom Lutheran Hospital in northern Tanzania. From December 2003 until June 2004 a community-based door-to-door survey was carried out, using a questionnaire based on the criteria...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cephalalgia 2010-05, Vol.30 (5), p.582-592
Hauptverfasser: Winkler, AS, Dent, W, Stelzhammer, B, Kerschbaumsteiner, K, Meindl, M, Kaaya, J, Matuja, WBP, Schmutzhard, E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Migraine Disorders - epidemiology
Prevalence
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Sex Distribution
Tanzania - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Our aim was to assess the 1-year prevalence of migraine headache in a rural population within the catchment area of the Haydom Lutheran Hospital in northern Tanzania. From December 2003 until June 2004 a community-based door-to-door survey was carried out, using a questionnaire based on the criteria of the International Headache Society, including 1192 households with 7412 individuals selected by multistage cluster-random sampling. The overall 1-year prevalence of migraine headache was found to be 4.3% [316/7412, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.8, 4.7] with an age-adjusted rate of 6.0% and a male : female ratio of 1:2.94 (P 
ISSN:0333-1024
1468-2982
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01994.x