Prevalencia De Migraña En Niños

DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE & CHILD NEUROLOGY

REVIEW

Prevalence of headache and migraine in children and adolescents: a systematic review of population-based studies
ISHAQABU-ARAFEH 1 ,2 | SHEIK RAZAK 2 | BASKARAN SIVARAMAN 2 | CATRIONA GRAHAM 3
1 Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK. 2 Department ofPaediatrics, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling, UK. 3 Epidemiology and Statistics Core, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University of Edinburgh, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Correspondence to Dr Ishaq Abu-Arafeh at the Department of Paediatrics, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Livilands, Stirling FK8 2AU, UK. E-mail:iabu-arafeh@nhs.net

PUBLICATION DATA

AIM The aim of this study was to review systematically the prevalence of headache and migraine
in children and adolescents and to study the influenceof sex, age, and region of residence on the epidemiology. METHOD We systematically searched the literature in electronic databases to cover the period between 1 January 1990and 31 December 2007. We assessed and included population-based studies on epidemiology of headache and migraine in children and adolescents if they fulfilled the followingcriteria: (1) reporting on unselected childhood population; (2) reliable methods of data collection using a questionnaire or face-to-face interviews; (3) using the InternationalHeadache Society’s (IHS) criteria (1988 or 2004) for the diagnosis of migraine; and (4) provision of sufficient and explicit data for analysis. We used Excel, Stata, and ConfidenceInterval Analysis software. RESULTS We identified and analysed 50 population-based studies reporting the prevalence of headache and ⁄ or migraine in children and adolescents (