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An Epidemiological Study of Headache Among the Monks of Athos (Greece)
Author(s) -
Mitsikostas D.D.,
Thomas A.,
Gatzonis S.,
Ilias A.,
Papageorgiou C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1994.hed3409539.x
Subject(s) - headaches , migraine , aura , medicine , cluster headache , epidemiology , pediatrics , migraine with aura , primary headache , anesthesia , surgery
SYNOPSIS The Monks of Athos in Greece constitute a particular group with unusual sleep schedule and specific diet. In order to study the frequency of headache among them, a special questionnaire was designed. Four hundred forty‐nine monks below the age of 50 were approached, 39 of whom suffered from frequent (more than one episode per month, in the last 6 months) headaches (8.68%). The prevalence of migraine was 1.78% (0.66% with aura and 1.11% without) and of tension‐type headache 3.34% (1.33% chronic and 2% episodic). Furthermore, 1.87% of monks suffered from mixed headaches (tension‐type and migraine attacks as well). Cluster headache was not traced.