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Migraine and Tension-Type Headache in a General Population: Psychosocial Factors
The Glostrup Population Studies, Department of Internal Medicine C, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen and Department of Neurology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen Denmark
Reprint requests: Dr Birthe Krogh Rasmussen, The Glostrup Population Studies, Department of Internal Medicine C, Elevboligen 7. sal, Glostrup Hospital, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
In a cross-sectional study of headache disorders in a representative general population, the prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache was assessed in relation to various psychosocial factors. The random sample comprised 1000 25–64 year old men and women of whom 740 attended the investigation. The headache disorders were classified on the basis of a clinical interview, a physical and a neurological examination using the operational diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society. None of the sociodemographic variables: marital status, cohabitation, educational level, occupational category or employment status were significantly associated with migraine or tension-type headache. In the univariate analyses tension-type headache was significantly associated with a high Neuroticism score on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire whereas migraine was not. Variables on work conditions and psychosocial factors significantly associated with the headache disorders in univariate analyses were subjected to multivariate analysis. Migraine was significantly associated with exposure to chemicals and fumes at work in women and poor self-appraisal of health in men. In the univariate analyses tension-type headache was significantly related to a series of psychosocial variables. In the multivariate analyses it remained associated with a current feeling of fatigue in both sexes, time-pressure at work in women and exposure to fumes in men.
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