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One-year prevalence of migraine in Spain: a nationwide population-based survey.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20819843     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIM: The purpose of the study was to estimate the one-year prevalence of migraine among a population-based sample of Spanish adults.
METHOD: Men and women aged 18-65 years were selected at random according to quotas for age, sex, size of habitat (<10,000 inhabitants, 10,001-50,000 inhabitants, 50,001-200,000 inhabitants and >200,000 inhabitants) and residence proportional to the population size of the geographical location. A random-digit-dial, computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) survey was conducted between April and July 2006. The 2004 International Headache Society operational diagnostic criteria were applied.
RESULTS: From a total of 70,692 telephone calls and 26,255 (31.7%) valid contacts, 5,668 (21.6%) respondents completed the CATI survey. A total of 476 subjects (8.4%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 7.7-9.1%) with strict migraine and 236 with probable migraine (4.2%, 95% CI 3.7-4.7%) were recorded. The 1-year prevalence of total migraine (N = 712) was 12.6% (95% CI 11.6-13.6) (17.2% in females, 8.0% in males). The prevalence rates showed significant geographic variations, from 7.6% in Navarra to 18% in the Canary Islands. One-half of the subjects had migraine with aura. One-third of subjects were never diagnosed for migraine.
CONCLUSIONS: The one-year prevalence of migraine in Spain is 12.6%, with a prevalence of migraine with and without aura of 8.4% and probable migraine of 4.2%. These findings add data to the current understanding of migraine.
Authors:
Jorge Matías-Guiu; Jesus Porta-Etessam; Valentín Mateos; Samuel Díaz-Insa; Arturo Lopez-Gil; Cristina Fernández;
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-09-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1468-2982     ISO Abbreviation:  Cephalalgia     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8200710     Medline TA:  Cephalalgia     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  463-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico San Carlos and Universidad Complutense, Spain. inc.hcsc@salud.madrid.org
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Investigator/Affiliation:
Adolfo Ramada Soriano / ; Albert Jorge Jovell Fernández / ; Enrique Antón Arrieta / ; Arturo Lopez-Gil / ; Francisco Javier Sánchez Lores / ; Jaume Morera Guitart / ; Jesús Porta Etessam / ; Julio Pascual Gómez / ; Jordi Matías-Guiú Guía / ; Samuel Díaz Insa / ; Salvador Tranche Iparraguirre / ; Valentín Mateos Marcos / ; Vicente Baos Vicente /

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